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The Rocky Horror Show - Leeds Grand Theatre

2 days ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Graham Clark

Enthralling and entertaining theatre audiences for over 50 years, Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock‘n’roll musical The Rocky Horror Show is most famous as a cult film classic but started life on the stage. As a theatre production, it continues to draw audiences – many of whom dress up for the occasion in their best heels, stockings, and suspenders – and that’s just the men!The songs are big and bold, including crowd pleasers Sweet Transvestite, Dammit Janet and the well-known Timewarp.
The battle for freedom to think

5 days ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Andy Brown

They say that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Which may explain why Donald Trump and his acolytes seem scared of strongly independent universities. It doesn’t do to have organisations teaching people factual knowledge when your government is driven by lies, arrogant boasts and bullying intimidation of anyone who doesn’t automatically agree with the latest propaganda.
Mary Poppins - The Alhambra, Bradford

1 week ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Graham Clark

When a famous musical combines with the magic and majesty of Disney, the result can only be success – and this new production of Mary Poppins certainly is. The unforgettable experience combines memorable songs, sharp choreography, and incredible special effects. All credit too for the Alhambra in securing a five-week engagement for the show in Bradford’s year in the limelight as UK City of Culture. Many people have a lasting memory of a musical from their childhood.
Seeking sanctuary in the UK: what it’s really like

1 week ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Jennie Kermode

The government’s controversial border security, asylum and immigration bill had its second reading in the House of Commons this week and is now on its way to the Lords. It has attracted criticism from human rights groups like Freedom From Torture and Amnesty, as well as the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, while Care4Calais described it as a “brutal piece of legislation”.
Can you ever flee a war?

1 week ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Pam Jarvis

On 30 April, I attended a presentation given by Maria Romenenko and Jez Myers at the University of Leeds, entitled How NOT To Flee A War. It began with an interesting thought experiment: your country is imminently going to be invaded by a hostile neighbouring state. What are you going to do? For the population of England, this is an abstract, theoretical question. The last time a successful invasion of our nation occurred was in 1066, at the Battle of Hastings.
Kinky Boots walks tall in Leeds

2 weeks ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Graham Clark

Based on a true story which became the basis for a successful film, Kinky Boots went on to become a hit stage musical which has now arrived at Leeds Grand Theatre as part of a nationwide tour. The show has toured previously, however this time around there is a new star taking the lead role – Johannes Radebe, the South African dancer and choreographer who rose to fame on Strictly Come Dancing.
Brew + Bao: something new brewing up in Leeds

3 weeks ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Graham Clark

While driving to the newly opened Brew+Bao at Chapel Allerton, my partner shared that the last time she was here, another car ran into the back of hers! Our visit to this new dining and drinking concept was even more memorable, thankfully – for all the right reasons. Occupying the former Black Sheep Brewery site on Stainbeck Road, this is a collaboration between Brew York and YUZU Street Food.
‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America

1 month ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Ann Moody

Following his party’s success in local council elections, Nigel Farage delivered a stark warning to public sector workers in his victory speech in Durham – those working on climate change, diversity initiatives (DEI) or simply from home, needed to “seek alternative careers very, very quickly”. With no legal powers to back up this threat, it was a performative but very deliberate act. In December last year, Resolute 1850 Ltd was incorporated in the UK.
Cowardice in the face of the enemy: why soft-centrist politics is failing

1 month ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Andy Brown

Now that the dust has settled on the local election results, it feels like a good time to attempt a realistic assessment of their meaning. There are plenty of ways of looking at these results that don’t look quite so bad as we first thought, but here’s the spoiler alert – those ways all involve an element of self-delusion. That is a dangerous pastime right now.
Future-proofing children, families and communities

1 month ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Pam Jarvis

Childcare for working families is one of those perennial problematic societal issues. From the dawn of industrialisation, it has relentlessly picked at the deep fault lines running beneath our increasingly alienated western society. The most acute issues arise in the early years of parenting, particularly caring for children under three.