Catherine Scott

4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Catherine Scott

His work has not been limited to musical theatre with Evita transferring to the big screen and All Time High, the theme music for the James Bond movie Octopussy with music by John Barry. Now he is entertaining audiences across the country with stories of how some of our favourite songs from the musicals came about and his collaborations with some of the world’s top composers including Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John, Alan Menken, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.

4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Catherine Scott

A portrait of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce hangs in pride of place in Markington Hall, his ancestral home that is now home to his great great great grandson also named William who is now an ambassador for the trust that holds his family’s name. Not only is there the portrait painted the portrait, the family still has a cameo containing a lock of his hair and an iron tobacco box made from a slave’s manacles given to him in thanks.

5 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Catherine Scott

A portrait of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce hangs in pride of place in Markington Hall, his ancestral home that is now home to his great great great grandson also named William who is now an ambassador for the trust that holds his family’s name. Not only is there the portrait painted the portrait, the family still has a cameo containing a lock of his hair and an iron tobacco box made from a slave’s manacles given to him in thanks.

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Catherine Scott

JW Plant & Co. Ltd. was founded in 1908 and is one of the most respected and trusted flag manufacturers in the UK. For three generations, the skills and expertise needed to establish a manufacturer of quality have been passed down and developed within this successful family business. Current head of business Philip Thompson is the third generation of his family to run the business.

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Catherine Scott

But thanks to the work of Leeds City Council’s communication team some of those black and white pictures can now be seen in colour for the first time, bringing history alive. And this is no AI programme, they have all been painstakingly colourised by hand, ready for a special Civic Reception on May 10 where Leeds’s last surviving World War II veteran Jack Moritimer will be honoured.