Fashion and Lifestyle Media, theatre, council & Rollem productions champion Yorkshire writers in memory of Kay Mellor Yorkshire playwrights are being offered the career-boosting opportunity to become the next Kay Mellor Fellow. This ground-breaking investment in new writing was created by Leeds Playhouse and Rollem Productions, the award-winning Leeds writer’s TV and film production company, in 2019, when it was awarded to the inaugural fellow, Bradford By The Editor • 4 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Leeds fashion retailer launch tickets for hospital fundraiser Independent fashion retailer, The Style Attic, have launched tickets for their second, ‘Summer Soiree’ event to raise money for Leeds Teaching Hospitals. The popular Leeds based brand, will be hosting their second annual fundraiser on Saturday the 8th of July at Canary Bar on Leeds Docks. Last year's By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Business born out of lockdown wins West Yorkshire Start Up Award Holmes & Partners Ltd, a Leeds-based Immigration and Visa specialist, has won the West Yorkshire Start Up of the Year Award at the 2023 Start Up Awards. The firm was set up in March 2021 by Michelle Holmes, a South African immigrant. After her redundancy, Michelle chose to embark on By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle June at Leeds Heritage Theatres Summer is officially on its way and with it comes the hottest tickets in town at Leeds Heritage Theatres. Leeds Grand Theatre brings the West End to West Yorkshire with smash-hit musicals and stunning operas, as well as the sold-out Frankie Boyle, while City Varieties promises something for everyone with By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Couple follow lifelong dream of opening a destination for ‘outdoorsy’ travellers A couple are following their lifelong dream of opening a destination for ‘outdoorsy’ travellers, with the launch of five luxury lodges in Marsden. Hannah Byram and Jamie Mawson are set to open phase one of A Place In The Pennines this month, following nine months of construction. Located between the By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Jonathan Baldock: Touch Wood The Weston Gallery 23 September 2023 – 14 April 2024 Jonathan Baldock’s new exhibition Touch Wood at The Weston Gallery is a joyous, sensory feast taking inspiration from medieval sculpture, sacred geometry, the seasons and folk motifs. Jonathan Baldock’s distinctive sculptural installations are immersive environments where colour, texture, scent, By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Scanlans recruits property manager to further bolster leeds team Property management and surveying firm Scanlans has expanded its team in Leeds following further growth in demand for its services. Neve Burnley has joined as a property manager to manage sites at locations including Leeds city centre and suburbs, Wetherby, Ilkley and Selby. In her previous role she was responsible By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The gift that keeps on giving Actor and writer Harvey Virdi, best known as Dr Misbah Maalik on long-running TV soap Hollyoaks, tells us about her hit play Happy Birthday Sunita, the power of British Asian women on stage, and the fun you can have with a dysfunctional family Tell us a bit about Happy Birthday By The Editor • 4 min read
Business New regional director for Northern in Yorkshire and the Humber Kerry Peters has been appointed regional director for Northern in Yorkshire, Humberside and the East Midlands. She takes up her new post at the end of the summer, when the current regional director, Tony Baxter, leaves to become operations director at Chiltern Railways. Kerry, who was born in Lancashire and By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Puppetry, dance and music set to bring African children’s story to life A much-loved children’s book being brought to the stage by a Sheffield-based African theatre company is set to tour community venues across the region to break down barriers to the arts. Anna Hibiscus' Song by Atinuke, co-produced by Utopia Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, will first be performed at By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Barnsley-based branding consultant is ‘good to go’ for another ten years A Barnsley-based branding specialist has marked her tenth year in business with a renewed commitment to collaboration and her core values. Steph Cronin moved from London to Barnsley 15 years ago and has never looked back. She set up Black Bee Creative Ltd in 2013 and quickly established the business By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Takahashi McGil and Emma Lawrenson: Balance and Form Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s (YSP) latest exhibition Balance and Form will bring together the complementary practices of exquisite woodworkers, Takahashi McGil, and the intuitive printmaking talent of Holmfirth-based artist, Emma Lawrenson. Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s latest exhibition Balance and Form will bring together the complementary practices of exquisite woodworkers, Takahashi By The Editor • 4 min read
