What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Not too long now and it’ll be Christmas and New Year. Like me, you may be looking back on 2022. Time to reflect. And to hope that 2023 may be better. I sincerely wish that it is. For you. For all of us. Anyway the story of time measuring devices
My bike was still there after I’d picked up my medal! (For the Royal Parks Half Marathon Sunday 9 October – such a beautiful sunny day, perfect for the occasion.) I’d locked it to a steel post near to the start/finish line because it’d be close to a lot of
Before I ask what you actually see in this illustration of a near-metre square watercolour painting, it might be a good idea to give more details. This high street isn’t like the high street you find in towns and cities. There isn’t a single shop in sight. No cars, just
Wasteland, beyond the window from Northern Monk Refectory, Marshall Street. It may, as part of the city’s expansion plans, be the site of more office buildings to secure more investment for Leeds, thereby strengthening financial security and creating more jobs for the city. Or it might become a park, a
“Enjoy the little things in life – because one day you’ll look back and realise they were the big things.” Kurt Vonnegut Yes, I’m a Leeds Loiner who can slip into broad Yorkshire – but not always. Once I was supply teaching in Allerton Bywater, only a few miles from
here Ey up. Saturday. Sun’s out. Now shall I get up… or wait ’til Neenie comes back from walking Arnie? She allus does the ‘first un these days now she’s retired as well. Brings me another cuppa, too. Bless. Too nice though! Think I’ll nip over to Aldi – get
People from the Leeds Central constituency will deliver a ‘Save Our NHS’ petition signed by local people to their MP candidates this Saturday (25 April 2015). The petition will be handed over on the front steps of Leeds Civic Hall in Millennium Square by Peter Haughton, a member of independent