Month: March 2018

Poverty Truth Commission – an exercise in Social Communication

Today (28 March 2018) the Leeds Poverty Truth Commission will present their Humaifesto to the meeting of Leeds City Council. Below we are publishing South Leeds Life’s #PovertyPledge, but first Nick Carter, one of the Commissioners from South Leeds, explains what it’s all about: That’s a good posh title, but

Belle Isle blue plaque honours early astronomer

Leeds Civic Trust unveiled their latest blue plaque in the city yesterday (23 March 2018) honouring a pioneering 17th century astronomer, who invented the telescopic sight and micrometer. William Gascoigne lived at New Hall, Middleton. The hall is long gone and what were fields have been covered in housing during