Fashion and Lifestyle Abstract artist celebrates 5 years in business with Peter Jones Yorkshire artist Toni Thornton, who is best known for her abstract art, signature colour palettes and unique work with texture, partnered with legendry Dragons Den Peter Jones CBE to auction artwork and raise funds for The Peter Jones Foundation at his yearly shooting day event. Throughout the fundraising day, which By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The Ivy celebrates Halloween with spooky cocktails and a devilishly delicious dessert This Halloween, there will be no tricks, just treats at The Ivy Victoria Quarter in Leeds, with a spooktacular, limited-edition dessert and cocktail in partnership with Monkey 47 Gin, available from Friday, 28 October to Monday, 31 October. Created by the restaurant’s talented bar team, two mouth-watering cocktails will By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Tickets on sale next month for the Great Yorkshire Show 2023 Tickets for next year’s Great Yorkshire Show are on sale from Tuesday November 1, organisers have announced. The event will continue to be run over four days thanks to positive feedback from our visitors and exhibitors. Farmer tickets will be available for the 2023 show and will be available By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle New Winter Garden set to open bringing the German Christmas Market spirit back to Leeds After an incredible opening summer which saw Green Room fast become the place to be in central Leeds, the award-winning independent bar and social space is poised to unveil its brand-new Winter Garden. Opening on Friday 21st October, the launch coincides with the release of an expanded menu created to By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle How to navigate the menopause in style For much of our lives the topic of Menopause, and how to cope with it, has been kept under wraps. A discussion suitable for quiet conversations between female friends but never to be uttered in front of an audience and god forbid it be mentioned in front of men. Until By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle York artist stars in major Leeds exhibition Carol Douglas, a talented York-based artist who only took up painting in her 60s, is currently attracting widespread praise for her work at a major Leeds exhibition. Carol is taking part in the acclaimed Vessel exhibition at the Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley. She has collected art throughout her By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Freemans launches 'ways to save' to help customers 'feeling the pinch' Freemans, the Bradford-based, digital department store, has announced a new initiative under the banner “Freemans’ Ways to Save”. It seeks to help its customers in the most challenging of times by curating products across four key areas- including ‘smart swap’ energy-saving electricals, great value winter warmer knitwear and coats, money By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The Springs, Leeds to host light night installation The Springs retail and leisure destination at Thorpe Park Leeds is lending unit space to showcase the work of local artist Holly Rowan Hesson. As an established artist working in sculpture and installation responding to buildings, architecture and physical space, Holly is linking the installation to the forthcoming Light Night By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Lovell Homes sponsors Snowdog sculpture for charity art trail Lovell Homes has shown its support for Huddersfield charity, The Kirkwood, by sponsoring the Snowdogs Support Life, Kirklees project. This Autumn, towns and villages across Kirklees will be brought to life by a pack of one-of-a-kind decorative Snowdog sculptures. For eight weeks, 67 Snowdogs will be showcased across Kirklees for By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Ilkley Literature Festival 2022 Ian McMillan, Ruth Jones, Gyles Brandreth, Adrian Chiles, Gabby Logan and Melvyn Bragg amongst headliners at the 2022 Ilkley Literature Festival. Screen stars, poets, politicians, actors and adventurers will head to Ilkley for its famed literary festival this autumn. The festival opens with Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan on Friday 7 By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Huddersfield Literature Festival announces funding, theme and dates for 2023 The award-winning Huddersfield Literature Festival has secured Arts Council funding to present a diverse programme of venue-based, online and hybrid events in spring 2023. The festival will run from 23 March to 2 April 2023, with a theme of ‘Music’ to tie in with the Kirklees Year of Music 2023 By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Works complete at Moda Living's £150m New York Square neighbourhood The UK’s leading rental brand Moda Living has announced that works on its 515 home, £150m neighbourhood in Leeds, Moda, New York Square, are now complete. The new neighbourhood, which officially launches this week, comprises 515 build-to-rent apartments and state-of-the-art amenities, across two 16-storey blocks and is setting an By The Editor • 3 min read
