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March 6, 2020|What's on

Leeds Playhouse to stage new musical featuring the hit songs of Sir Tom Jones

WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT?, a brand new musical featuring the iconic songs of the internationally celebrated singer Sir Tom Jones, and written by the Tony-Award winning Joe DiPietro (Memphis the Musical), will premiere at Leeds Playhouse on 23 September. WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT? takes Henry Fielding’s classic comic novel, The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and using the legendary hit songs of Sir Tom Jones, casts it in a fresh and vibrant new light in the swinging 60s. The production will include the

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March 6, 2020|Lifestyle

Garden Centre partners with TV gardener for fourth year

A Bradford Garden Centre is continuing its collaboration with a Yorkshire gardener and TV presenter. Tong Garden Centre has partnered with Leeds based garden designer and ITV’s Love Your Garden presenter, Katie Rushworth for a fourth consecutive year. Of the renewed collaboration, Tong Garden Centre’s Marketing Manager, Jo Dales said: “We’re thrilled to be working with Katie again as her warmth, passion and knowledge make her a natural fit to work with the team here at Tong.” “This year, Kati

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March 2, 2020|Lifestyle

Barnsley curator awarded fellowship

Natalie Murray, Collections and Exhibitions Manager at Barnsley Museums has been announced today by The Headley Trust and Art Fund as one of the four successful recipients of the second round of the Headley Fellowships with Art Fund, a major national funding programme for museums professionals. The Headley Fellowships with Art Fund is a three-year programme that was launched in 2018 to give curators the opportunity of focused time to research their institution’s collections, providing £600,000

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February 19, 2020|Lifestyle

Tour de Yorkshire land art and best dressed competitions launched

Schools, community groups, businesses and landowners are being encouraged to think big and get creative with the launch of the Tour de Yorkshire Land Art and Best Dressed competitions! The Land Art competition recognises the efforts of those people who create the giant artworks which line the route each year. These stunning pieces are now a key feature of the race and include a whole host of wacky and wonderful creations. Last year’s winning design for instance, featured a winking goose and tur

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February 17, 2020|Lifestyle

Kay Mellor’s ‘The Syndicate’ returns to BBC1 and goes Stateside

BBC and Rollem Productions’ are delighted to announce a new stand-alone series of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular BBC One drama The Syndicate from the pen of the BAFTA award-winning writer Kay Mellor (creator of Band of Gold, Fat Friends, In The Club and Girlfriends). When the owners of Woodvale Kennels announce they are selling the business to a larger company, the staff are devastated to realise they may well be out of a job. As the team’s future is thrown into question the weekl

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February 7, 2020|Lifestyle

National Trust celebrate 125th anniversary with Historic House Hotel

The National Trust is a unique charity founded in 1895 by three people who saw the importance of the United Kingdom’s heritage and open spaces and wanted to protect them for everyone to enjoy. Almost 125 years later, these values are still at the heart of everything the National Trust does. In 2008, Historic House Hotels Ltd and all its interest in the three Historic House Hotels (Hartwell House, Bodysgallen Hall and Middlethorpe Hall), became the property of the National Trust, by donation, wi

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February 4, 2020|Lifestyle

Perfect for Glamping– Go Eco Adventure5 Stove

Glamping this Summer? Why not think about setting up your own home from home in your garden. Think of cosy summer evenings with the warmth of a stove, perfect for that hot chocolate or tasty snack. The Ultimate in Warmth, Character, Ambience, Practicality, and Versatility – Adventure 5 really the mark. A new fresh design by an experienced team over at Charlton and Jenrick, this highly specified little stove provides much more than others can in both function and styling. DEFRA exempt for smoke

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February 3, 2020|Lifestyle

Bride discovers 'perfect' wedding dress in charity shop

A bride who made it to the battle rounds of hit BBC show the Voice brought tears to her mother’s eyes after discovering her dream “Grace Kelly” wedding dress in Bluebell Wood’s Rotherham charity shop. It came after a devastating few months where Ruth Lockwood-Sorsby and her husband-to-be Mark brought their wedding day forward so her seriously ill dad could be by their side. The pair married at his Rotherham Hospice bedside last summer, a week before he passed away of stomach cancer. In his fin

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January 31, 2020|Lifestyle

Partnership for bookshop and Huddersfield Lit Fest

The thriving independent bookshop based in Holmfirth will be hosting book stalls at HLF2020 events across the town this March A new partnership has been announced between the Huddersfield Literature Festival and independent bookshop, Read, for the March 2020 Festival. Read, which opened in Holmfirth in February 2019, recently featured in a Guardian article: ‘People are so happy we exist: indie bookshops grow despite retail slump’. The bookshop will be supplying books and hosting stalls for ev

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January 22, 2020|Lifestyle

Shaping the future of tourism in Yorkshire

Yorkshire’s profile has never been higher but what needs to happen to make sure the county remains a number one visitor destination? That’s the question being asked by a new independent tourism study which goes fully live today. The broad ranging consultation, commissioned by Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) wants to hear from members, partners and the wider tourism industry about their hopes and aspirations for the sector and their ideas on the best ways to promote and market the county in the futu

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December 30, 2019|Lifestyle

The 5 Best UK South Coast Destinations

Famed across the globe for its beauty, the British South Coast is well worth a visit – so, who could blame you for wanting to go there? With so many splendid areas along the coast, it can be hard to decide which ones to head to. That’s why we’ve put together our top five South Coast destinations. Read on to identify yours… 1. Brighton If you’re after a vibrant resort town, look no further than Brighton. A hub of art and culture, it’s the ideal location for both days out and long stays. From T

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