North Leeds Life Magazine. February 2017. LS7, LS8, LS17 Edition

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A Spring Fling

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DEAR READERS,

We seem to have been catapulted into February!

This month local councillors flag up inconsiderate parking outside schools and how local communities can really make a difference in their area. Time to Shine is recruiting members to help make Leeds a better place in which to grow old; and Irish Arts Foundation is starting a Reminiscence and Cultural Activities Men’s Group at The Reginald Centre.

In the Arts things never seem to slow down! There’s a new exhibition at Leeds City Museum celebrating the seasons; Northern Broadsides brings Cyrano de Bergerac to The Playhouse; La Cage Aux Folles comes to Leeds Grand; and there is plenty to look forward to in dance and music.

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06 An Evening with Amanda Owen - The Yorkshire Shepherdess talks

20 A New Exhibition at Leeds City Museum - ‘For All Seasons’

about living a life ruled by the seasons, her animals and large family.

looks at all aspects of how we deal with the changes the seasons bring.

12 Nominations Open for Women Of Achievement Awards - the search is on to find

22 Headingley LitFest has ‘Edge’ in its Tenth Year! - Once

Yorkshire’s most inspirational women.

14 Pianist Paul Lewis Plays Leeds Town Hall - All proceeds go to the Leeds International Piano Competition.

again well established writers rub shoulders with lesser-known creative spirits.

40 An Eclectic Programme at Howard Assembly Room

As always, Half Term presents an opportunity for museums, libraries and theatres to draw up exciting programmes – we feature a few in Younger Life. And, the new University of Leeds Child Development Unit is inviting parents to register their children with them to help with research into child language acquisition.

The deadline for news and notices for our March edition is Wednesday 1st February (10th February for advertising).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

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51 Small Talk - New research unit at University of Leeds studies how children learn language

55 Roundhay School Presents

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56 A Spring Fling! - More interesting Half Term happenings around Leeds and Bradford

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EDITORIAL Carole Carey-Campbell carole@northleedslife.co.uk

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manda Owen has been seen on ITV’s ‘The Dales’, and on Ben Fogle’s ‘New Lives in the Wild’ living a life that has almost disappeared in today’s world, a life ruled by the seasons and her animals. She and her husband Clive farm a 2,000 acre hill farm at Ravenseat, above Keld at the head of Swaledale in North Yorkshire. Together with their nine children, it’s a challenging life.

She is also an author. In ‘The Yorkshire Shepherdess’ she describes how the rebellious girl from Huddersfield, who always wanted to be a shepherdess, achieved her dreams. Full of amusing anecdotes and unforgettable characters, the book

takes us from fitting in with the locals to adapting to motherhood, from the demands of the livestock to raising a large family in such a rural backwater.

Amanda tells of the peace of winter, when they can be cut off by snow without electricity or running water, the happiness of spring and the lambing season, and the backbreaking tasks of summertime - haymaking and sheep shearing.

Tickets (£10) can be obtained by sending a cheque made out to ‘Otley Methodist Church’ together with a stamped, addressed envelope, to: Amanda Owen Talk, c/o 76 The Whartons, Otley, LS21 2BS

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JULIUS CAESAR IBBETSON (1759-1817) ARTIST

Julius Caesar Ibbetson‘s life began in tragedy, with the death of his mother and his birth by Caesarean section – hence his extraordinary name. His life was restless and difficult. At times he prospered, with distinguished patrons, but he also suffered debt, loss and illness before he finally found a haven back in Yorkshire. His paintings are in galleries all over the country, with a large collection here at Temple Newsam House. Most are landscape studies, often quite small, but enriched with colourful, lively images of the everyday life of the time, of ordinary people at work, at play, at home, vivid insights into the society of his day. e was born at Farnley Moor Top in Leeds in 1759, perhaps in one of the small row of cottages which still survive there. His father Richard Ibbetson, after a period in London, had lived for many years in the Moravian settlement at Fulneck, but had to leave when he married an ‘outsider’, the daughter of a local farmer called Julius Mortimer. His young wife Rebecca, pregnant with their second child, died in an accident and so Julius was born by surgery. He was educated partly at Fulneck and then at the highly regarded Quaker school in Leeds, but at age 12, knowing his artistic interests, his father apprenticed him to a ship painter at Hull – not a marine artist as he perhaps imagined, but a painter of ships’ hulls! Young Julius made the best of it, and got a name for his fine decorative work, even painting scenery for the local theatre run by the famous Tate Wilkinson, who became his friend.

When his master sold the business and would have sold Julius with it, he rebelled and escaped on the stage coach to London, just 17, friendless and virtually penniless. He found work in a picture dealer’s workshop where over the next years, although overworked and underpaid, he learnt valuable skills and could study painting, especially the Dutch masters. His fine work began to be recognised and in 1785 his first picture was accepted by the Royal Academy.

From then on he exhibited regularly, and very successfully – in 1790 pronounced the ‘genius of the year’ for his rich romantic landscapes. A large, humorous, sociable man, he was popular with a network of influential friends and patrons.

In 1787 he was offered the chance of a lifetime, to accompany the first ever British Mission to the Chinese Imperial Court as official artist. But six months into the long, arduous sea voyage the British envoy died and the ship had to turn back. Julius lost a

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year and money on this abortive venture.

With help from his generous patrons, over the next years he enjoyed stays in various country houses, and the opportunity to tour and paint in the Isle of Wight and in Wales, the subject of many of his finest pictures.

A further blow awaited. He had married his wife Elizabeth in 1780 and year by year their family increased, but only three of their eleven children survived. In 1794 Elizabeth died too, leaving him totally desolate. He had a breakdown, and lost all his money and his home. Although some useful commissions helped to support him – book illustrations, interior decoration

at Kenwood House at Hampstead – he remained in deep financial trouble. He embarked on further travels, touring Scotland, the Lakes, Yorkshire, always painting, desperate for money, disabled with severe rheumatism. Cheated in his scheme for a regular income by a Liverpool dealer (he viewed all dealers as ‘serpents’), he was rescued by a wealthy patron.

In 1799 he found a home in the Lakes, first at Ambleside and then Troutbeck. He also found a new wife, a local girl, Bella Thompson, only 17. She was his ‘assistant, companion, nurse’, supported him through his continuing money problems, and became indispensable to his happiness.

Always convivial and popular, tempted by the local hostelries, he settled down.

Encouraged by one of his patrons, he wrote a guide to ‘Painting in Oil’ for beginners, published in 1803, explaining the techniques he used himself – the first manual of its kind.

A commission from William Danby of Swinton Hall brought the family finally to Masham, where they lived from 1805.

It was a simple but contented existence.

He painted some delightful local scenes, including a touching domestic picture of his own family circle, surrounded by children and pets. These often featured in his work – he had a sympathetic eye for the life around him, including beggars, gypsies, country folk and their animals. He died in 1817, aged 58, ‘his extraordinary genius as a painter universally acknowledged’.

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Headingley is currently experiencing a shortage of rental property as the area transforms itself from a student enclave into one of the UK’s best performing areas for property investors, according to professional

Pictured: Jonathan Morgan

lettings specialist Morgans.

“There is a major shortage of properties available for rent at the moment and there are no signs of that changing anytime soon”, said Jonathan Morgan, Managing Director. “We manage one of the largest portfolios of property rented to professionals in North Leeds and have the highest ever occupancy rate since setting up in Headingley 20 years ago.

“As well as record occupancy levels, we have seen an increase in the amount of time tenants stay at the same property. Typically, the majority of tenants look at what the market has to offer after 8 – 12 months. As supply has shrunk however, there are fewer options available, and 25% more tenants have chosen to stay put this year than during 2016.

“I believe that the undersupply could be partially addressed through the conversion of former student properties and HMOs into properties suitable for letting to the professional market. It’s only 20 years since the student tidal wave surged beyond its traditional boundaries, into Becketts Park, through Far Headingley and even into West Park. However, an explosion in the delivery of high quality purpose-built student accommodation blocks in the city centre, has had the effect of almost entirely reversing the trend.

“Now, Far Headingley and West Park are almost entirely student-free and Becketts Park is fast returning to owner-

occupation, which it was originally designed for and inevitably better suited to.

“We have always dealt solely with professional lets, and are the only agency in Headingley that focuses on this sector, so we have a real understanding of what the professional market is looking for. Over the last year we have seen a significant increase in the number of vacant student properties.

Some landlords are reticent to invest in developing them for the professional market, and some have even left them empty in the hope that students will return.

“This is a risky strategy, especially in light of sensible investment almost certainly securing a professional tenant and a great return. This is reinforced by the fact that Headingley has just been named as the UK’s top rental hotspot in terms of yields by comparison site TotallyMoney, which revealed that investors buying property in the LS6 postcode, can achieve rental yields of up to 10.79%, compared to the national average of 3.3%.

“As a result, we are encouraging property investors who own student

accommodation, or those wanting to expand their buy to let portfolios, to buy in Headingley and provide more homes for rent – as the demand is certainly there.”“Headingley is also adapting to reflect these changes. Symbolic of Headingley’s identity crisis is the fact that it took around ten years for both Pizza Express and Nandos to find a footing, due mainly to local opposition. It is to Headingley’s detriment that it shunned these archetypally family brands for so long.

“At long last, it appears that the continued, and apparently permanent, migration of a large proportion of the student population southwards is spawning a whole new generation of bars and restaurants such as White’s Deli, The Cat’s Pyjamas, Red’s True BBQ, Sebby’s Deli and Head of Steam, who join an array of local stalwarts.

“Headingley, which has often been second-choice for many young professionals behind Chapel Allerton, is re-emerging as a popular place for first time renters.

We believe that this trend will continue and that Headingley will once again become the place to be in North Leeds.”

Morgans (opposite The Arndale Centre, Otley Road) manages a wide selection of homes – from one bedroom apartments to large family homes – ranging from £500 to £1,500 per calendar month.

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Pictured: Gary Verity CEO Welcome to Yorkshire, and Photographer Terry Logan pictured with The Calendar Girls

Once again the search is on to find Yorkshire’s most inspirational women for the annual Women of Achievement Awards. stablished by Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice, the event recognises women who have made an outstanding contribution in Yorkshire over six categories: Business, Education, Young Achiever, Sport, Jane Tomlinson Courage Award, and the Community Impact Award.

This year there are two exciting new categories – Arts and Science and Technology.

The Arts category recognises women in music, theatre, dance, art and literature; and the Science and Technology category acknowledges success in I.T. engineering, research and development, environmental work and the manufacturing industry.

The awards will be presented at the Royal Armouries on Friday 12th May 2017.

Last year they raised over £50,000 to support the work of Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice.

The hospice’s community nurse specialists provided over 4,643 home visits, and patients attended 1,220 day therapy sessions, helping them to be cared for at home for as long as possible and providing practical care as well as emotional support.

“We are very excited to be featuring two new awards”, said Charlotte Revill, organiser and senior fundraiser. “The Yorkshire Women of Achievement Awards provide a great opportunity to nominate women who might not normally get recognition for what they do. The event is always very emotional

This year there are two exciting new categories and inspiring, so don’t leave it too late to book you tickets. If you have someone in mind to nominate but are unsure what to write, please don’t hesitate to contact us as we can help.”

If you would like to nominate someone please contact Faye Cryer on 0113 203 338 or faye.cryer@sueryder.org. For further information, visit www.sueryder.org and search Yorkshire Women of Achievment

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I hope that, between Adam and I, we can do justice to the next chapter in the story of The Leeds International Piano Competition nternational concert pianist Paul Lewis will play a varied programme of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Weber at Leeds Town Hall on Friday 17th February, with all proceeds going towards the Leeds International Piano Competition.

Paul became joint artistic director of the prestigious competition in 2015, following the retirement of Dame Fanny Waterman.

He and his fellow artistic director, Adam Gatehouse, have reimagined ‘The Leeds’ for the next generation of leading pianists.

The next Competition (2018) will see the entire event broadcast live online – bringing ‘The Leeds’ to a global audience of millions. The first round will take place in three international centres for culture – New York, Berlin, and Singapore – before the best 24 pianists come to Leeds in September 2018 for the final rounds.

“The Leeds International Piano Competition has long been an integral and significant part of the musical awareness of any young pianist”, said Paul. “Dame Fanny’s astonishing achievement over more than half a century stands as one of the great landmarks of the music world, and it is an enormous privilege to have the chance to

play a part in its future. I hope that, between Adam and I, we can do justice to the next chapter in the story of this prestigious event, and I look forward with huge excitement to the years ahead.”

Paul is in demand across the world as a pianist and chamber musician. His numerous awards include two Edison, three Gramophone, and the South Bank Show Classical Music Award. In 2016 he was made a CBE for his services to music. His 2016/17 engagements include performances with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and he is regularly featured on the BBC Proms. Tickets are available from www.leedstownhall.co.uk or 0113 376 0318.

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Masterworks Chorale Perform Vocals from Venice Last October Leeds-based Masterworks Chorale travelled to Venice to perform in three magnificent venues - Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli, the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pieta, where they presented Vivaldi’s Gloria in the church where he used to work, and the Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista in Jesolo.

Now the choir would like to share this experience in a concert on Saturday 4th March, 7.30pm at St John’s Church, Moor Allerton, where they will re-visit the fine selection of music taken to Italy to a backdrop of superb photographs capturing some of the highlights and famous sights of Venice, before moving on to music for the forthcoming season.

The concert is free but ticketed.

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Northern Broadsides and New Vic Theatre present an exciting new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac by award-winning playwright Deborah McAndrew at West Yorkshire Playhouse from 28th February – 4th March.

Poetry and prose combine in this funny, romantic and heartbreaking adaptation

Pictured: Adam Barlow in rehearsals

irected by Northern Broadsides’ Conrad Nelson, this new adaptation brings fresh vigour to this tale of unrequited love. Add to this Broadsides’ musical panache, acclaimed charisma and exuberant performance style and you have an evening of pure drama that will lift your spirits and make your heart ache.

“The adaptation embraces the poeticism of Rostand’s drama, but does not confine itself to the regular rhyming couplets of the original”, said Conrad Nelson. “Poetry and prose combine in this funny, romantic and heartbreaking adaptation. Debbie McAndrew has created a carefully crafted version that marries the energy and vibrancy of youth with the romance and classicism of the original. Broadsides are committed to producing high quality adaptations and new writing for the stage. This is an ideal combination of a classic play and a contemporary adaptation.”

Playing the title role will be Christian Edwards who recently played Grantaire in the West End production of ‘Les Miserables’. He will be joined by Paul Barnhill (Brassed Off, Steven Spielberg’s The BFG); Angela Bain, Adam Barlow, Andy Cryer, Jessica Dyas, Francesca Mills, Michael Hugo, Anthony Hunt, Perry Moore, Robert Wade, Andrew Whitehead, and newcomer Sharon Singh as Roxane.

Cyrano will be the first production of Northern Broadsides 25th anniversary year. The company will be joining forces with Hull Truck Theatre, as part of Hull 2017, for a revival of ‘Richard III’, its original production in 1992.

Tickets (£13.50 – £30) are available from 0113 213 7700 or online at wyp.org.uk

Northern Ballet’s ‘Goldilocks’ Thrills Nightingale Primary orthern Ballet recently brought ballet to Harehills with three performances of its new children’s ballet, ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, at Nightingale Primary Academy. The company’s community performances engage with children and families who wouldn’t usually see ballet in the traditional theatre setting and are designed to develop awareness and improve access to ballet in ethnically diverse communities.

Short Ballets for Small People encourage children to get involved in dance

The production was seen by over 400 people. Nightingale Academy pupils also enjoyed creative movement workshops that explored the story and themes of the show, giving them an introduction to ballet and a greater understanding of the balllet.

Northern Ballet has been performing its Short Ballets for Small People at community venues since 2012. Set in familiar, more relaxed environments, and with low cost tickets, they not only introduce ballet to families but also aim to encourage more children to get involved in dance.

Since the project began, over 3,500 people from the city’s most socioeconomically deprived areas have attended a performance.

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Northern Broadsides in partnership with New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-Under-Lyme present

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La Cage Aux Folles comes to Leeds Grand Theatre as part of its first UK Tour from Monday 20th to Saturday 25th March.

Life’s not worth a damn ‘til you can say ‘I am what I am’!

eorges, played by Adrian Zmed, is the manager of a Saint Tropez nightclub, his partner Albin (John Partridge) is a drag artiste and the club’s star attraction. They live an idyllic existence in the south of France until Georges’ son JeanMichel announces his engagement to the daughter of a notorious rightwing politician who is determined to close down the local colourful nightlife.

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There is much hilarity when a meeting of the parents forces Georges and Albin to cover up their lifestyle. Can Albin play the role of his life to ensure than Jean Michel can marry his love?

John Partridge’s extensive theatre credits include West End productions of A Chorus Line, Cats, Starlight Express, and he recently played Billy Flynn in Chicago at Leeds Grand. He is also well known for playing Christian Clarke in EastEnders.

Adrian Zmed co-starred with William Shatner in the hit TV show T.J. Hooker, and he was Johnny Nogerelli in Grease 2.

He is no stranger to Broadway musicals, having previously led the casts of Grease, no fewer than three times, Falsettos and Blood Brothers.

Marti Webb is one of the West End’s most revered leading ladies. In Le Cage Aux Folles she plays Jacqueline, friend and owner of the restaurant Chez Jacqueline.

She has played leading roles in numerous

West End and touring musicals including Evita, Godspell, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Blood Brothers, Oliver, Oklahoma, and 42nd Street.

This brand new production, written by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman, is based on the 1973 French play by Jean Poiret, and is produced by Bill Kenwright, directed

by Martin Connor, choreographed by Bill Deamer, and designed by Gary McCann, with musical direction by Mark Crossland.

This lavishly funny tale of unconditional love and family values reminds you that life’s not worth a damn ‘til you can say ‘I am what I am’!

Tickets (£22.50 – £41.50) are available from 0844 848 2700 or leedsgrandtheatre. com

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‘For All Seasons’ opens at Leeds City Museum on 10th February and runs until 28th August. This new exhibition takes a journey through the year – from the first Spring flowers to the cold chill of Winter.

t looks at all aspects of how we deal with the changes the seasons bring, including the type of clothes you need to keep you cool in Summer and what food to store away for long winter months, and there are plenty of activities for the whole family.

The exhibition offers a great opportunity to showcase a wide range of the Museum’s collection. You’ll find atmospheric paintings of autumn woods and beautifully decorated Easter eggs.

Explore how the seasons have been represented in art and culture, how we’ve dressed for the weather and how the natural world responds to the changing seasons.

Family events include Museum Minis Movies – special film screening (22 Feb) designed for parents, carers and your museum minis; Sign and Sing (23 February; 2, 9, & 16 March, 10.3011.30am) featuring puppets, musical

instruments, stories and BSL signs; Join Mini Maestros (age 2+) for fun music classes (20, 27 April; 4, 11, 18, 25 May, 10.30-11.30am). Free, but booking required.

The M&S Archive presents Dressing for the Seasons special talks exploring how M&S have dressed us through the decades. ‘From Botany Wool to Winceyette: Winter at M&S’ is on 2nd March; and ‘Style for the Sun: Swimwear at M&S’ is on 18th May, 10.30-11.30am.

Free, booking required.

You can also try Lino Printing with designer and printmaker Kirstie Williams (3 March & 12 May, 1- 4pm, £10). Create your own lino print focusing on the Seasons theme. Aimed at beginners, those with more experience will have an opportunity to create a two-colour print across the two sessions. Booking required.

For full details, visit www.leeds.gov. uk/citymuseum

NLL Leads Writer to New Publisher A couple of years ago North Leeds Life included a little article about Armley Press and its search for new writers. Author Andrew Kirby had been hunting for a home for his new, Leeds-based crime novel ‘The Lost Boys of Prometheus City’ and decided to submit the novel for their perusal.

Mick McCann and John Lake, the guys behind Armley Press, liked what they saw, and Andrew, who lives in Roundhay, liked the cut of their jib. The novel is now alive and kicking, having been released on Christmas Day 2016!

Both Andrew and Armley Press are hoping the book will appeal to readers who love twists and turns in their fiction; who like their characters flawed but determined to be better; who want to be immersed in location and taken on a journey.

In ‘The Lost Boys of Prometheus City’ Neal Grace, Carl Sharp, and Adam Warshawski are A-list. They’re young, handsome, and rich. They go to all the best parties. Women want to bed them; men want their phone numbers. They are the face of brash, post-millennium Leeds, a city which is itself on its uppers.

But one false move is all it takes for these three ‘young princes’ of Leeds to tumble off their pedestal. After they instigate an incident of shocking violence against two definite Z-listers, life spins into a terrifying downward spiral.

AJ Kirby has lived in Leeds longer than he has lived anywhere else. The city got its hooks into him when he studied English at university here, and he’s been unable to escape ever since. ‘The Lost Boys of Prometheus City’ is his tenth novel.

eeds Festival Chorus will perform Haydn’s ‘Creation’ on 4th March, 7.30pm at Leeds Town Hall, in an independent concert, not part of the Leeds International Concert Season.

Haydn’s oratorio depicting the Creation according to the Old Testament, one of the great peaks of the choral repertoire, is often considered to be his masterpiece.

Mozart said Haydn could do it all – and he did.

He composed it after his visits to Mozart said: “Haydn alone has the secret England, where he was inspired by great both of making me smile and of touching performances of his oratorios. Haydn still my innermost soul”. Even Napoleon, on has a compelling appeal today, nearly capturing Vienna, immediately ordered a two centuries after his death, which can guard of honour to be placed round Haydn’s be explained by the fusion of exuberance, house. originality, classical elegance and the Leeds Festival Chorus is joined by a trio intellectual power of his music. of top soloists - Joanne Lunn (soprano), He was at the forefront of music Joshua Ellicott (tenor) and David Soar (bass), and by one of the country’s most in Europe during the latter part of the prestigious orchestras - the Hallé. eighteenth century, hailed as a genius.

Conductor Simon Wright, who is also the Chorus’s Artistic Adviser, said: “Mozart got it right about Haydn, certainly. He still has enormous power.”

Tickets (£16.50 – £33.50) are available from Chorus members, City Centre Box Office on 0113 376 0318, or online. Discounted tickets are available for over 60s, full-time students, the unwaged, essential carers and groups of 10+. There are also standby tickets for U-26s in the week before the concert.

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As in previous years, authors, poets and musicians will perform in a range of venues in and around Headingley, from HEART on Bennett Road, to the New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road, Meanwood Institute to Headingley Library, schools and private homes. he theme this year is ‘Edge’ and once again well established writers will rub shoulders with lesser-known creative spirits, many of whom are local. Gulwali Passarlay will be at Headingley Library on 7th March to speak about his new book ‘The Lightless Sky - My Journey as a Child Refugee’; Robert Shail will give his opinions on the best Science Fiction films at The New Headingley Club on 13th March; and Amit Dhand, author and local pharmacist, will reveal the secrets of writing successful crime thrillers at the same venue on 16th March.

Peter Spafford, Richard Ormrod and Jacqui Wicks, who make up the group Schwa, will perform ‘I Am Alive’ at HEART on 8th March, full of poetry and virtuoso musicianship; and James Brown, former Lawnswood pupil who has been editor of New Musical Express, GQ, Loaded and Sabotage Times, will be interviewed about his new book ‘Above Head Height’

by Dave Simpson of the Guardian at New Headingley Club on 10th March.

‘Cabaret Thirty’, designed for younger writers and musicians (under- 30), was a huge success last year and will be at HEART again on 17th March. Contact wilcocks@

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Actor and director David Robertson will perform a series of monologues on 24th March; Gigliola Sulis and Richard Wilcocks will read from novels by Andrea Camilleri during ‘Dinner with Montalbano’ at Salvo’s Salumeria on 6th March; there will also be poetry from the Valley Press poets, and a performance by one of Headingley’s most original theatre groups -Trio Literati.

Workshops and performances by and for pupils are taking place in February at Lawnswood and Ralph Thoresby High Schools, mentored by poets Khadijah Ibrahim and Rommi Smith.

Amanda Owen, well-known to television audiences, will preside over a final event when she speaks about her book ‘A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess’ at the New Headingley Club on 25th March.

For full details, pick up a brochure at HEART, Headingley Library or a participating venue, or visit www. headingleylitfest.org.uk. Tickets available on the door or in advance from HEART. Updates are on the LitFest’s Facebook page or on Twitter - @HeadingleyLit

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Chloe Tear Nominated for National Young Citizen Award Chloe Tear, a Leeds Trinity student from Otley, has been nominated for the 2017 Rotary Young Citizen Award for her work to raise awareness of Cerebral Palsy, through her blog ‘Life as a Cerebral Palsy Student’.

“I write a blog and help to run a charity because it is something I love to do”, said Chloe. “It is an unbelievable feeling to be nominated for a national award, and it gives me so much motivation to carry on doing what I am doing.”

Chloe began writing her blog three years ago whilst at Prince Henry’s Grammar School and continued writing during the first year of her Psychology and Child Development degree at Leeds Trinity. She has attracted readers from all over the world.

“I had never met anyone who had Cerebral Palsy and was struggling to come to terms with my deteriorating health”, said Chloe. “I thought if I set up a blog it would help me process what was happening, and might find others who were experiencing the same thing.

I felt that not many people understood the concept of chronic pain or using a wheelchair and I was still a teenager who wanted to have a good time!”

In the last 12 months, Chloe has become Head Ambassador for CP Teens UK, which provides support and friendship to young people with cerebral palsy and their families. She also received a National Diversity Award for being a positive role model and was ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Most Inspirational Young Person’ category at the Kids Count Inspiration Awards last month.

Join the Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal Every year in March, Marie Curie holds its Great Daffodil Appeal to raise money for people living with a terminal illness. Last year, it raised over £19,000 in Leeds – enough to fund a Marie Curie Nurse for a year.

Chloe has also written for national publications and recently supported American author, Anne Eliot, who was writing two books whose main character had cerebral palsy.

View Chloe’s blog at www. cpstudentblog.blogspot.co.uk

This year, Marie Curie will be holding bucket collections across Leeds and urgently needs volunteers to spare a couple of hours to help with these.

“We are asking people to support us by donating and wearing a daffodil badge”, said Jen Aspinall, Community Fundraiser.

“We urgently need volunteers to help with our collections. It is easy to get involved and lots of fun! We would love to hear from anyone interested.”

To sign up, visit www. mariecurie.org.uk or contact Jen on 01274 386190.

New Reminiscence and Cultural Activities Men’s Group A significant number of the Irishmen in these areas have little opportunity to socialise

he Leeds-based Irish Arts Foundation is pleased to announce that, with the support of the All Big Lottery Fund and People’s Health Trust Active Communities Fund, a Reminiscence and Cultural Activities Men’s Group will start in mid-February at The Reginald Centre on Chapeltown Road.

“The positive contribution of the many Irishmen who arrived in the city from the West of Ireland between 1955 and 1980 has sometimes been overlooked or forgotten”, said Jim Mulhern, Irish Arts Foundation Project Development Worker. “Since the demise of lesser known, informal Irish venues across parts of the city in favour of road schemes or much needed housing, a

significant number of the Irishmen in these areas have had little opportunity to socialise or reconnect through previously available local activities such as traditional music and song, a game of ‘fives and threes’, or a meet up to recall arriving in the city as young men.

“We are offering the opportunity for community and voluntary organisations in the inner south and inner west areas of the city to avail of free taster sessions to encourage Irish men to come along.”

The group will meet fortnightly at The Reginald Centre on Chapeltown Road.

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TCV Call for Volunteers!

The Conservation Volunteers at Hollybush Environment Centre in Kirkstall, are looking for helpers!

There are trees to plant, footpaths to build, gardens to prepare for Spring, and learners to support with crafts, woodwork, gardening and cookery. Short courses in woodwork, bushcraft and gardening have just started.

Time to Shine is recruiting members for an Age Friendly Steering Group, to help make Leeds a better place in which to grow old. eeds joined the World Health that would meet regularly. Meetings will Organisation’s Network of take place in various venues around Leeds and participants Age Friendly Cities Meetings will will be reimbursed for in 2014, and an Age Friendly Charter was travel expenses. produced in 2016 first meeting take place in will The take place in early through a citywide consultation. Time to February. People are Shine must now move various venues welcome to attend the on to the next step – first meeting before encouraging groups deciding whether or not to around Leeds continue. No commitment and individuals around the city to action the Charter. is expected at this time.

The work could go in many directions, and Emily Axel, Age Friendly Campaign Officer, would like to gather input from people aged over 50 to help shape that direction via a steering group

If you are over 50 and would like to get involved, please contact Emily on 0113 244 1697, emily@opforum.org.uk to discuss it further.

Interested in gaining experience in conservation or social care?

“We have opportunities throughout the week and welcome people with a single day to spare and those who might like to give us a day most weeks”, said John Preston, Centre Manager.

Hollybush is also looking for people who are interested in gaining experience in the conservation or social care sectors for two or three days a week for around six months.

Voluntary Officers help run practical projects, Green Gyms, or support group members on the Centre’s Learning Disability project. In return The Conservation Volunteers provides a comprehensive training package and expenses.

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Wetherby Racecourse offers a glitzy, glamorous evening featuring a three-course dinner, The Casino Band, table games, prize draw and roll-achampagne.

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ast September I wrote pleading with parents to park as considerately as possible when delivering their children to school.

Unfortunately since schools have gone back I have had more complaints from upset local residents than ever before. The problem is certainly not limited to any one school. In fact, I have had complaints from residents local to all of the schools in our

ward, but the past month seems to have been particularly challenging.

Could I please ask that all parents help by ensuring that they do park considerately when dropping off and picking up from school. I realise that it is a minority of parents who are causing these issues, but if those who park considerately could gently persuade their peers to do the same it would be a great service to the area and would save our head teachers having to spend an inordinate amount of time placating ever more angry neighbours.

Local councillors spend significant time trying to improve the area….. to that end, I need your help. Whilst I keep my eyes peeled for litter hot spots, or places where old roadwork signs have been abandoned, or even signs left on lampposts about past events, sometimes I miss them.

If you know of any, let me know and I will get them tidied up – together we can make 2017 the year we get rid of Alwoodley’s clutter.

Finally, I was asked to draw attention to West Yorkshire Fire and

Rescue Service’s (WYFRS) Winter safety campaign ‘Cherished’, aimed at preventing fire related deaths involving older people across West Yorkshire. The campaign asks people to pledge to check on three older people this Winter (relatives, neighbours or friends). While visiting you might consider whether there are safety issues that need attention – lots of clutter, an easy to use escape route free from trip hazards etc. Concerns can be shared with the Fire Service who can organise a free fire safety check. WYFRS have a video explaining more about the campaign. You can view this and make the pledge at www. facebook.com/westyorkshirefire For all your local concerns and queries, my colleagues

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However whilst we have seen great change, what really define areas such as Meanwood are our local communities, who are the heart of everything we do and who can make a real difference.

As local councillors we often work with residents and groups to drive positive change in the areas we represent, and this work highlights the potential strength in partnerships in our communities.

We were delighted to support

residents and Meanwood Valley Partnership (MVP) to have the paddock on Church Lane taken out of the site allocations and saved from development.

We also worked with MVP to help shape the redevelopment of the Working Men’s Club.

Ensuring that children are safe has also been a key priority for us, and we were happy to be instrumental in bringing in the 20mph zone outside schools. The support of parents was crucial to making this happen.

A new picnic area is planned for Meanwood Park, and a new children’s playground off Stonegate Road will give families and residents even more options to enjoy.

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he long-tailed tit is a very attractive small bird, quite common and easy to spot, once you become familiar with its distinctive calls. It looks quite different from the unrelated and more familiar blue and great tits, being a tiny round bird with a long narrow tail, pinkish-white above and pinkish-brown below, with dark markings on the head.

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Occasional sunny days in February offer a glimpse of the weather to come, acting as a reminder to start preparing for a wonderful Summer garden.

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The new season’s seed catalogues are out and packed with exciting ideas for things to sow. Send for a couple of catalogues and select something really different to grow this year.

I love Bupleurum with its long lasting green and coppery bracts that are perfect for flower arrangements, Or, how about a Tree Lupin, or a fast growing tall sunflower such as ‘Soraya’ which has tangerine coloured petals and dark centre.

Veg lovers have a plethora of varieties to choose from too, so there is no need to grow anything that you’ll see on a supermarket shelf. I’m going to try Asparagus peas for the first time and some courgettes called ‘Tromboncino d’Albenga’, which are said to grow quickly and produce long tasty fruit that are also ornamental.

If you have a bit of space in the greenhouse you could grow your own Capers – on a perennial plant with attractive white flowers sporting delicate purple stamens, or Cape Gooseberries for the delightful little orange fruits. Ordered now, your seed should arrive in time to start sowing next month.

Turning over a new leaf I left the borders without tidying them over Winter as I like the seed heads and plumes of grasses for winter interest and to help wildlife. They look dreadfully untidy now though, so it is time to go round chopping off any old flower stems and dead foliage and cutting back deciduous grasses, ready for the Spring growth to start coming through. Be careful not to damage emerging spring bulbs.

I love Bupleurum with its long lasting green and coppery bracts that are perfect for flower arrangements

Big clumps of perennials can be divided now whilst they are still dormant, as can clumps of very early flowering bulbs like Snowdrops or Winter aconites once the flowers have faded.

Looking After the Edibles Perennial veg such as Artichokes, Asparagus and Cardoons can be mulched now and it’s also time to start forcing Rhubarb (cover it with a pot to encourage it to send up sweet early shoots), and chitting potatoes (put the seed potatoes out on a cool windowsill so that they begin to shoot).

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SILENCE DIRECTED BY: MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING: ANDREW GARFIELD, ADAM DRIVER, LIAM NEESON

CERT: 15 RUNNING TIME: 161 MINS artin Scorsese’s latest joins the likes of his Last Temptation of Christ and Kundun in being an overt exploration of religion and spirituality; themes which, by virtue of his Roman Catholic upbringing, have remained a source of endless fascination for the director throughout his life and career.

Here, the story, set in the 1600s, concerns a pair of Portuguese Jesuit priests Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Garrpe (Adam Driver) who, upon hearing that their mentor Ferreira (Liam Neeson), while spreading the gospel in the far east, has become lost to the church and is rumored to have committed apostasy, set out to Japan to track him down and bring him back into the fold.

Arriving in Japan Rodrigues and Garrpe discover a hostile environment where the small, beleaguered Christian community faces brutal persecution. While trying to figure out how to make contact with Ferreira the priests perform the sacraments in secret, knowing that their discovery by the Buddhist shogunate authorities, particularly the feared ‘inquisitor’, will result in torture and likely death.

Rodrigues’ and Garrpe’s situation becomes more precarious as the inquisitor’s samurai enforcers terrorize the village and so they decide to leave and split up in their search for Ferreira. Shortly thereafter

This is intense, powerful stuff but also unapologetically heavy going

Rodrigues is captured and taken to Nagasaki where his true test of faith begins.

This story, based on a 1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō, is reputedly one Scorsese has been trying to bring to the screen for decades and is clearly a passion project for the director. While his deep personal interest in and relationship with the subject matter has seen him remain committed to realising his vision of the film, it’s unlikely that Silence will become one of his more highly regarded or widely viewed pictures (I was the sole audience member at the screening I attended).

And, to be fair, a film concerning 17th century Jesuit priests, apostasy and religious persecution is kind of a hard sell. Silence is intense, powerful stuff but it is also unapologetically heavy going, slow moving, gravely serious and feels at least as long as its nearly two and three quarter hours running time.

For those with the patience, though, it is something of a rewarding experience; the cinematography and sound design are extremely evocative, it’s beautifully shot with some haunting imagery and it features a very strong central performance from Andrew Garfield.

Within the framework of this handsomely mounted production Scorsese grapples with big questions regarding the nature of faith and religious devotion, the tenacity and resilience of belief and clashes of cultures over doctrine and dogma. What conclusions we are to draw from these lines of inquiry, however, remain ambiguous, particularly when it comes to the ethics of the missionaries themselves and their proselytizing.

Scorsese clearly has admiration and perhaps reverence for those who hold fast to their faith in the face of adversity and dire circumstances and, considering the brutality of the repressive established order, it’s reasonably clear where our sympathies should lie. However, while Rodrigues struggles with his crisis of faith, he continues to refuse to renounce his religion even though he knows that doing so would cease the suffering of others. Are we to see this as a heroic show of his integrity or has he tipped over into mere stubborn pride? There’s a murky morality at play here and Silence, perhaps unwittingly, exposes the arrogance, hypocrisy and cruelty on both sides of this spiritual divide.

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Irrepressible, disarming and really quite lovely stand-up comic Josie Long brings her much anticipated new show, Something Better, to The Wardrobe on Tuesday 21st February.

e spoke to Josie recently to ask about the evolution of her new show. When Josie began writing Something Better back in March 2016 she, like all of us, had no idea what kind of tumult and trauma the year still had in store. The show has changed a great deal since its conception and even more so since she’s been workshopping the material – she told us she’d mostly been reacting to things as they happened, then filtering through her comedy.

The jumping off point for the new show was Josie thinking and writing about activism – looking into how, in desperate times, one can take direct action to bring about social and political change. With a title promising positivity, Something Better couldn’t be more timely and needed.

This is a show about optimism and hopefulness, about looking for people and finding things to look up to. It’s about wanting more from life than it might be up for giving out. It’s about struggling with realising what you are, who you are and what you can’t change about yourself, and about really feeling like an outsider for the first time. It’s a bit about having faith in younger people, and friendship, and activism, and solidarity. She’s been busy interviewing activists about what they do and why, so it’s also about politics and making things happen. And there’s probably a bit where she pretends to be a push-button shower, so it should be silly and fun too, with a few exciting bits!

Josie presents Radio 4’s popular short documentary series Short Cuts, which is also one of the top downloaded podcasts today. She regularly writes for the Guardian and has recently appeared on The Island (Channel 4), The Superhuman’s Show (Channel 4), Russell Howards Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit.

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An Eclectic Programme at Howard Assembly Room The Howard Assembly Room has put together a typically eclectic and enticing programme for the upcoming season. ighlights include Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk (24 Feb), who brings his astonishing ‘continuous piano’ technique to Leeds. University of Leeds alumnus and Snarky Puppy founder member Bill Laurance (6 March) comes home with a third solo album Aftersun, a paean to life in the cosmos with African percussion and dance music at its heart. Vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval (8 March) return, their shimmering sound combining with Arve Henriksen’s hushed trumpet and live electronics in an exploration of the medieval musical exchange between Norway and Iceland.

Charismatic pianist and band leader Roberto Fonseca (10 March) presents a new fusion of Latin jazz, hip hop and AfroCuban rhythms. Penguin Café (12 March), assembles ace musicians from the likes of Suede and Gorillaz to combine minimalist compositions with the freeform structures of jazz and Latin, African and American world sounds. And, Leveret (17 March) brings together some of folk’s finest instrumentalists – Sam Sweeney, Bellowhead’s fiddle-player, concertina player Rob Harbron and melodeon and accordion star Andy Cutting.

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A special project brings two great jazz and soul talents together in April Pictured: Penguin Cafe

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali (25 March) offers a rare chance to see some of the greatest exponents of ancient Sufi devotional music. Performances use hypnotic vocal and instrumental repetition to induce a state of ecstasy. Folk troubadour John Smith (31 March) showcases his skilled guitar work, honey-on-gravel vocals and uniquely intimate approach to song writing. And, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (7 April) create their glowing brand of Afro-pop inflected with baskeda (Sierra Leonian reggae) and a jubilant spirit of resistance. Their inspirational live shows radiate love, joy and passion.

Courtney Pine featuring Omar (20 April) This special project brings two great jazz and soul talents together to perform original material for the first time, integrating modern British sounds like drum ‘n’ bass with soul, hip-hop and deeply rooted influences from across the Caribbean.

AfroCubism Revisited (22 April) explores both the music of the seminal World Music album itself and the influences and roots that fed into it.

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Sarah Jarosz Tues 31 Jan, Brudenell Club, £16.50. One of the brightest lights in acoustic Americana today, earning her credibility where contemporary folk, bluegrass & roots music intersect.

The King Blues

Wed 1 Feb, Key Club, £13.75. Conscious rudeboy ska outfit with raw punk attitude & a commitment to politics & resistance.

Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band

Thu 2 Feb, Brudenell Social Club, £11. Geeky sub-rock like a mix of Beck, Adam Green & Ben Kweller, simple, poppy & sweet.

The Blues Band Fri 3 Feb, City Varieties , £21.60. Formed in 1979 by Ex Manfred Mann members Paul Jones & Tom McGuinness.

Julian Cope

Fri 3 Feb, Brudenell Social Club, £25.85. Former 80s new romantic hero with Teardrop Explodes & all-round eccentric Englishman performing.

C Duncan Fri 3 Feb, The Wardrobe, £11.

Mercury Music Prize nominated, charming lo-fi folk.

Natty Sat 4 Feb Belgrave Music Hall, £16.50.

A unique acoustic based mix of indie, soul, reggae, Afrobeat & hip hop.

February Inkwell Jazz Jam Sun 5 Feb, 1.30pm at Inkwell, £5 - £7. Bring your horn or your voice & join in the jam session – or just come along & watch the fun!

James McMurtry Mon 6 Feb, Brudenell Social Club, £16.50. Roots / rock artist from Austin, Texas.

Drake

Wed 8 Feb, First Direct Arena, from £56. Lil’Wayne protege, former actor, Grammy Award-winning MC from Canada. A passionate & dynamic performer, renowned for his energetic performances.

Seven Live

Wed 8 Feb, Seven Arts, £6.

Monthly music night featuring Keith Hatchet, Pike & Gun, Dom Major & The Jon Palmer Acoustic Band.

Seamus Blake Thu 9 Feb, Seven Arts Leeds, £14 - £16. New York based saxophonist/ composer, recognised as one of the finest exponents of contemporary jazz.

Ladyhawke

Fri 10 Feb, Brudenell Social Club, £15.40. Twinkly, heart-racing ‘80s electro-pop

The Ramonas Thu 23 Feb, Brudenell Social

Eureka Machines

Dave Kane’s Magic Yaya Band Thu 23

Sat 11 Feb, Brudenell Social Club, £9.90. Righteous pop laced with urgent punk & riotous rock. Also appearing: Baby Chaos, Chris Catalyst

Nicky Allen’s Orca Sun 12 Feb, Inkwell, 1:30pm, £7 - £9. Jazz & funk.

Tally Ho! Presents: Omni, DUDS, Autobodies, City Yelps Tue 14 Feb,

Club, £8.80. All female tribute captures the magic of the Ramones in their early days.

Feb, Seven Arts, £14- £16 Bassist Dave Kane’s new octet has a great groove & feature punchy & brassy unison passages. Great fun with a party atmosphere.

The Fall

Fri 24 Feb, Belgrave Music Hall, £27.50. Seminal post-punk led by the inimitable Mark E Smith.

Wharf Chambers, £8.80. Surprisingly danceable, hook-laden slabs of raw, angular, sonic bliss.

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24 Feb, Korks Wine Bar Otley, £6. The finest in folk, blues, ragtime & country.

Wed 15 Feb, Oporto Bar, £6.60.

Icelandic two-piece who started as a techno duo but now create alt-rock sounds with a backing band.

Tom Grennan Thu 16 Feb, Brudenell Social

Club, £6.60. Singer/songwriter possessing a bluesy, soulful tone balanced with an original indie flair.

Worriedaboutsatan

Fri 17 Feb, Wharf Chambers, £5.50. Electronic music with heart & soul, blending post rock guitar atmospherics & dark, brooding techno beats.

City of London Sinfonia

Sat 18 Feb, Leeds Town Hall, £12.50 - £33.50. Britten – Suite on English Folk Tunes, Finzi – Clarinet Concerto, Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending, Beethoven – Symphony No 7.

Band of Horses Sun 19 Feb, O2 Academy,

£24.75. Dreamy psychedelic pop laced with indie overtones & lashing of 70s prog-rock.

Touche Amore Tue 21 Feb, Brudenell Social Club, £15.40. Thought provoking, passionate hardcore/punk band from LA.

Grant-Lee Phillips Wed 22 Feb, Brudenell

Social Club, £16.50 Former lead singer/ songwriter of critically acclaimed Grant Lee Buffalo, talented multi-instrumentalist whose intense lyrics & versatile voice have drawn comparisons to Neil Young, Morrison, Springsteen & Dylan.

Sublime soul.

Fri 24 Feb, Seven Arts, £8.

Serious Sam Barrett & David Broad Fri

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Sat 25 Feb, The Wardrobe, £12.10.

Indie-rock compared to The Pixies & Queens of the Stone Age.

Eastgate Big Band Sun 26 Feb, Seven Arts, 1:30pm, £8 - £10. Leeds’ very own all-star 19-piece band play your favourite Michael Jackson hits from the classic albums.

The Handsome Family

Mon 27 Feb, Brudenell Social Club, £16.50. Unique, darkly comic country-gothic duo.

De La Soul

Tue 28 Feb, O2 Academy, £25.30. One of the most artistic & creative hip-hop acts ever.

Julia Jacklin Tue 28 Feb, Headrow House,

£9.35. A folk/rock/indie/alt-country/grunge singer songwriter.

Leeds Symphony Orchestra

Sat 4 March, 7.30pm St. Chad’s Church, Otley Rd, Far Headingley. Programme: Berlioz – Overture: Beatrice & Benedict; Tchaikovsky – Ballet Suite: Swan Lake; Ponce – Guitar Concerto del Sur (soloist Craig Ogden); Mussorgsky/ Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition. Tickets (£12, children free) Leeds City Centre Box Office 376 0318 & on door.

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Music and Cinema

The Howard Assembly Room continues to mash up music and cinema in exciting and innovative ways with its ongoing FILMusic series.

One of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time bittersweet cinematic treat for Valentine’s Day is The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (£5) with a live musical prelude. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colour and told through the lilting songs of the great Michel Legrand, this is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

On 17th February Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart returns with another David Lynch collaboration. HEXA, his duo with Australian composer and artist Lawrence English,

is an uncompromising sonic response to the legendary director’s dark, atmospheric Factory Photographs, taken amidst the ruins of industry in the USA, Poland, Germany and the UK. Tickets: £10 Icelandic experimentalists múm present the UK premiere of their improvised live score to People on Sunday (Menschen an Sonntag) (3 March) a vivid portrait of pre-war Berlin and its young inhabitants considered a masterpiece of silent film by Directors Billy Wilder, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann, Robert and Curt Siodmak, Rochus Gliese. Tickets: £15

Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (8 April) is a swooning love letter to the decadence of Rome. This extraordinary tragicomedy is a must-see on the big screen.

The screening is followed on 13th April by The Great Beauty: A Concert with the string section of the Orchestra of Opera North performing a concert of music inspired by the film’s soundtrack. The programme includes John Tavener’s superlative ‘The Protecting Veil’; Summa, ‘Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten’; ‘Festina Lente’ by Arvo Pärt; and William Byrd’s ‘Fantasia a 6’.

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Swim the Channel, Without Leaving Leeds!

If you’ve always wanted to swim the English Channel but were put off by the cold, choppy waters, months of training and endless hours in the sea - St Gemma’s sponsored ‘virtual swim’ is the perfect challenge for you!

Opportunities with Arthritis Care Arthritis Care is looking for volunteers in the Leeds area to help to run its ‘Living Well with Arthritis’ project.

Information Point Volunteers will help run monthly information points/ drop-ins at venues like outpatient departments, health centres etc.

These last approximately two hours, offering people information about arthritis and an opportunity to talk about their condition with someone who understands it.

he goal is to swim the 21 miles in your local pool instead of the Channel and to complete it in fewer than 12 weeks. It is free to register and every pound you raise will help St Gemma’s care for people who are living with a terminal illness.

By swimming an average of 112 lengths a week, starting on 3rd April, you will complete the crossing in 12 weeks.

Swimming is low impact and works the whole body so it is ideal for people of all abilities and ages. It is a great way to build up your stamina or, if you’re a keen swimmer, really push yourself to see if you can complete it even faster.

A free fundraising pack will be sent to everyone who registers, which includes a diary to track your lengths, swimming tips, sponsor forms and information about how your fundraising will help support patient care in Leeds.

It is only through the fantastic support from the local community that St Gemma’s

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Hospice is able to provide all its care and support free of charge. By taking part in this fundraising challenge you will be making a big difference to the lives of patients and their loved ones.

To register, visit events.st-gemma.co.uk or call Emily on 0113 218 5559 for further information.

will help to run a series of structured peer support workshops, enabling an inclusive environment that encourages participants to freely discuss and share their ideas and experiences about arthritis.

One-to-one Volunteers will run face-to-face or telephone sessions for people with arthritis, exploring practical issues like diet and exercise, pain management, aids and adaptations etc.

If you are able to devote some time and share your own experiences and insights, Arthritis Care would love to hear from you. It offers training, expenses and on-going support. For further information, contact Emma Marshall, Volunteer Recruitment Co ordinator, on 07968 624377 (Mon – Wed) or email EmmaM@ arthritiscare.org.uk

YCCC Partners with Children’s Heart Surgery Fund he Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Yorkshire Cricket Foundation recently announced that the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) was to be the Club’s new charity partner.

Over the next two years the Club will work to raise awareness of CHSF, which supports the Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds General Infirmary. This support includes new equipment, accommodation for families, staffing, ward facilities and research.

Around 400 children have open-heart surgery at the Unit every year, with around 10,000 patients attending annually for help and treatment. The fund relies on donations from supporters to support patients with

Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) and their families through some of the most difficult times of their lives.

“This is a very exciting partnership and one where we genuinely believe we can make a difference”, said Mark Arthur, the Club’s Chief Executive. “We are looking forward to working with the dedicated, hardworking team at Children’s Heart Surgery Fund over the next two years and have huge admiration

for their work. If we can help in any way, whether it be raising funds or awareness, then this partnership will have served its purpose.”

To mark the start of the partnership, some of the Club’s senior players visited the Heart Unit ahead of the festive period. Tim Bresnan, Jack Brooks, Ryan Sidebottom, Azeem Rafiq and Will Rhodes took time out of pre-season training to hand out gifts and meet patients, their families and the staff.

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Only further down the line will your body start to let you know it is not happy, through pain, stiffness, moving badly and gradually losing the ability to do what you would physically like to do.

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We aim to see you on the road to recovery within three treatments and, if not, we will review your case with other members of the team or our network of specialists.

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100 Graduate from Leeds Children’s University More than 100 children recently graduated from Leeds Children’s University having collectively taken part in nearly 4,000 hours of extra-curricular learning activities.

The schools work closely with various learning destinations, including Leeds Museums and Galleries, Harewood House, Royal Armouries, and Leeds Sailing and Activity Centre

aunched in November 2014 as part of the nationwide Children’s University Trust, Leeds Children’s University is based at Leeds Trinity University. The programme promotes social mobility by providing exciting and innovative learning activities and experiences outside normal school hours. Pupils (aged 7 – 14) from 20 Leeds schools took part, with pupils from five schools (including Carr Manor Primary) graduating and receiving certificates at a special ceremony at Leeds.

The schools work closely with various learning destinations, including Leeds Museums and Galleries, Harewood House, Royal Armouries, and Leeds Sailing and Activity Centre, as well as offering after-school clubs.

Children from Parklands Primary (LS14), Sacred Heart Primary (LS4), Carr Manor Primary (LS17), St. Philip’s Primary (LS10), and New Bewerley Community School (LS11) all received certificates; and choirs from St. Philip’s, Holy Rosary (LS7) and St. Anne’s Primary (LS7) entertained with performances in the University’s chapel.

“Becoming the base of Leeds Children’s University was an easy decision for Leeds Trinity University, given our organisation’s shared aims”, said Professor Margaret A House, Vice-Chancellor at Leeds Trinity University.

“We’re committed to raising aspirations, boosting achievement and fostering a love of learning, so that young people can make the most of their abilities and interests.”

For more information about Leeds Children’s University, visit leedstrinity. ac.uk/leedschildrensuniversity

Small Talk New Research Unit Studies How Children Learn Language esearchers at the University of Leeds are gaining new insights into child language acquisition thanks to the recently launched Leeds Child Development Unit.

Here, researchers in linguistics investigate how children learn to communicate and how they interact with other people. Most of the research is done through observing how children use language during specially designed activities. The unit works with local nurseries, schools, and families who volunteer to participate in studies, either at school or by going into the LCDU lab.

The LCDU runs a variety of studies using toys, games, books, and computers, with children from birth to around ten years of age. Findings from these studies help to answer questions about how grammar, vocabulary, and effective communication develop.

Families who sign up to the database will be contacted when their child reaches an age suitable for a particular study.

At that point, a researcher will explain the plans for the study and families can decide if they would like to participate.

Studies typically last for around 30 minutes. Carers stay with their child, and the children usually have a lot of fun!

The LCDU’s current work is looking at the types of language three year old children hear during shared book reading. By doing this, researchers hope to learn more about the links between the language a child hears and their own language development.

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Leeds United Star Leads Training Session at Allerton Grange eeds United mid-fielder Kalvin Phillips recently visited Allerton Grange School to lead a training session with 60 girls from across year groups.

News spread quickly around school and a few lucky fans were able to meet him. Kalvin was more than happy to pose for photographs and give autographs.

The event was organised by Miss Radford (PE teacher), in partnership with Leeds United Premiership Foundation, as part of the school’s commitment to promote girls’ football at grassroots level. Since the partnership was formed two years ago, the Foundation has provided a coach to run girls’ football every Thursday, as well as a development officer who arranges fixtures with other schools across Leeds.

The girls played friendly five-a-side matches and Kalvin gave them feedback on technique. They also had an opportunity ask questions which, along with the training exercise, were recorded by LUFC TV. “This was a fantastic opportunity for the girls to meet a first team player from our local football club”, said Miss Radford. “Getting the chance to train with a professional like Kalvin doesn’t happen every day and it shone the spotlight on girls football. Through the partnership with the Leeds United Premiership Foundation we have been able to increase girls’ participation across all skill levels.”

Since the partnership was formed two years ago, the Foundation has provided a coach to run girls’ football every Thursday, as well as a development officer who arranges fixtures with other schools across Leeds

Roundhay School Presents ‘Billy Elliot – The Musical’ oundhay School is delighted to be presenting ‘Billy Elliot – The Musical’ from Tuesday 7th – Thursday 9th February at 7pm in the Main School Hall at the school’s Secondary Campus.

Roundhay is one of the first schools in the country to stage the musical and will feature a cast and crew of over 90 students from across Key stages 3, 4, and 5.

Set in a northern mining town during the miners’ strike of 1984/’85, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy’s fight to make his dream of becoming a dancer come true. Follow Billy’s journey from boxing ring to ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that unites his family, inspires his community and changes his life forever.

Tickets (£7/ £5) and further information are available from www.roundhayschool.org.uk

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Spring Half Term (10th – 20th February) is approaching and there are some fascinating choices to check out around Leeds and Bradford – from a wonderful programme built around Eastern Warriors at the Royal Armouries Museum and ‘Babe the Sheep Pig’ at West Yorkshire Playhouse, to a new exhibition about the seasons at Leeds City Museum, a Library Festival at branches around the city, and Nintendo’s Yo-Kai Watch at Bradford’s National Media Museum.

Leeds Library Fest is back for a third year! It’s all happening between Saturday 4th – Sunday 19th February. A fantastic range of events is planned at libraries across Leeds, including workshops, talks, performances, author events, gaming and much more.

The festival begins with a special launch event at Horsforth Library Ballroom on Saturday 4th February (11am – 3pm). Discover craft stalls, fun activities for all ages, a pop-up café by Inkwell Arts and more!

New parents will love the Multi-Sensory Social event at Leeds Central Library on Monday 6th

February (10.30 - 11.30am), with taster sessions at Oakwood on Tuesday 7th and Moor Allerton on Friday 10th February, at the same times.

Children aged seven or under, are welcome at the Reginald Centre’s Toy Library in Chapeltown on Wednesdays 8th and 15th February (3 – 4pm) for a chance to play with all kinds of toys.

On Sunday 12th February (1 – 3pm) young people aged 11+ are invited to Moor Allerton Community Hub to ‘Make Your Own Journal’ with Teresa Flavin. Teresa will help you to create and customise a stunning, one of a kind journal.

There’s a Code/Create/Minecraft session for children aged seven – 11 at Headingley Library on Wednesday 15th February (2 – 3pm). Use Python programming to make awesome things happen in Minecraft! No experience required. Code Create Minecraft will take place at Horsforth and Holt Park libraries on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th February.

Booking is essential for most of these activities, so book your place at www.ticketsource.co.uk/leedslibraryevents For further information visit www.leeds. gov.uk/ libraryfest

Unfortunately Bradford half term (18th – 26th Feb) is not at the same time as Leeds – but You could still catch the mysterious world of Nintendo’s Yo-Kai Watch at the National Media Museum on 18th/19th and 25th/26th.

Yo-kai wander around our world, invisible to most. Usually, they have no bad intentions, but they have minds of their own paired with a unique talent! And when something goes wrong in our everyday life, it’s often because of a mischief-making Yo-kai... With the power of the Yo-kai Watch, people can find these hidden Yo-kai, befriend them, and call upon their powers when they need their help.

February half term at the National Media Museum sees a host of free family activities and events inspired by Yo-Kai Watch, including a Nintendo 3DS gaming area, the chance to befriend Yo-kai, see experiments and demonstrations, and take part in creative activities the whole family can enjoy.

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The Royal Armouries has an exciting Half Term programme lined up from 11th – 19th Feb, 10am – 5pm. Explore the museum’s fabulous Oriental Gallery and discover amazing treasures from China.

There will be loads of Chinese-themed activities, including martial arts demonstrations; have-a-go sessions in Tai Chi and Kung Fu, traditional arts and crafts, including how to make a Chinese lantern and book making; language workshops with The Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds (age 6+); tea ceremonies, music performances featuring the beautiful, ancient instrument the Guzheng; and lion and unicorn dances by a local Chinese dance troupe. Plus, history will be brought to life through storytelling, and dramatic performances.

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EXPLORE THE WARRIOR CULTURES OF ANCIENT CHINA Storytelling Martial Arts Have-a-go Sessions Music Crafts Lion Dances

Leeds City Museum’ new exhibition ‘For All Seasons’ runs from 10th February – 28th August and has some special events during Half Term.

Explore how the seasons have been represented in art and culture, how we’ve dressed for the weather, and how the natural world responds to the changing seasons.

Tuesday Theatrics: Seasons (Tue 14 Feb, 10am4pm). Journey around the world and meet puppet animals, plus craft stations around the museum. This event is run in partnership with The Grammar School at Leeds. Free, but space is limited - tickets allocated on first-come-firstserved basis on the day.

Surviving the Seasons (Wed 15-Fri 17 Feb, 10am-12pm & 1-3pm). Embrace your inner Bear Grylls with crafts to test your survival skills.

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And, after Half Term be sure to take in….

Museum Minis Movies - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Wed 22 Feb, from 10.30am). Film screenings especially for families. £2.

Sign and Sing (Thu 23 Feb, 2, 9, 16 Mar, 10.3011.30am) Join Tiny Signers for singing, puppets, musical instruments, stories and BSL signs. Free, booking required.

Phone: 0113 378 5001 Email: city.museum@leeds.gov.uk

Adapted from Dick King-Smith’s children’s novel, ‘Babe, The Sheep-Pig’ will be brought to life at West Yorkshire Playhouse from 15th – 18th February. The show will feature stunning puppetry, an original score and a charming ‘baa-ber sheep’ quartet!

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The residents of Hogget’s Farm will be brought to life by beautiful handcrafted puppets, created by Max Humphries (Chief Puppet Designer, Cirque de Soleil) and Dik Downey, with the cast delivering masterful puppetry directed by Matthew Forbes (Associate Director Puppetry & Movement, War Horse).

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Community Notices ACTIVE Badminton Club Mon 9pm & Wed

8.30pm at Alwoodley Community Association, The Avenue. Friendly group.

New members welcome. Details: Penny

294 3376 Free Health & Fitness Tues 12 - 4pm at Mandela Centre, Chapeltown Rd. All ages & abilities. Qualified instructor. Details: Levi 07446 121 941 Leeds Softball is looking for new players & teams to join its indoor softball sessions, Mon 7 – 9pm at Corpus Christi Catholic College, Neville Rd, LS9 0TT. Perfect for beginners to learn fielding & batting. First session free, £4 thereafter.

Details: LeedsSoftball@gmail.com, LeedsSoftball.com

welcome. Coaching available. Details: 212 0194, secretary@thesnookerclub.co.uk, www.thesnookerclub.co.uk

miles) most weekends. All welcome. No membership charge. Details: David Shaw

285 7480, d.c.shaw@leeds.ac.uk Wheels 4 Fun Disability Cycling Group meets Sat 11am – 1pm at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm. It offers advice, support & social cycling for adults with physical disability. Tandems, tricycles & bikes with stabilisers available or bring your own bike. Volunteers also needed to act as cycling companions. Details: Trish

269 5028, www.mvuf.org.uk Yorkshire Judo Association meets Fridays at Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Dr, Oakwood, LS8 4AB, teaching Judo as an enjoyable sport for all. Juniors (5 – 15) 7 – 8pm; Seniors (16+) 8 – 9pm. Details: Gary & Liz 216 4256, www.yorkshirejudo. com

Dunham 0772 961 7471, suedunham2@ hotmail.com

ARTS & CRAFTS

Details: John Stancliffe 294 9327

Alwoodley Art Group meets Thurs 7.30pm at Community Hall, The Avenue, LS 17 2NZ Programme includes workshops, demonstrations & exhibitions. New members welcome.

North Leeds Walking Group Join a

Details: 225 1546, info@5dpublicity.com, www.alwoodleyartgroup-leeds.com

series of free short walks between parks & green space in north Leeds as part of national Walking for Health initiative.

The walks take place 2nd Sat of each month. To register, email foagf@outlok. com or phone/text 07590 510499

PHGC Snooker Club at Oakwood Clock

Friendly, community focused club keen to welcome new members. Open Mon - Fri, 5 -11pm. Three tables, licensed bar, social events throughout the year. All abilities

Leeds Marquetry Group meets Wed 7 – 9pm at the Polish Catholic Centre, Newton Hill Rd. (off Chapeltown Rd)

Details: leedsmarquetry.org.uk University of Leeds Staff Walking Club organises at least one walk (5-12

Mindfulness through Qigong Wed pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Roundhay.

Gentle exercise in the Chinese tradition.

Beginners welcome. £6 per session/ £4.50 if paid per term. Details: Sue

Moor Allerton Snooker Club Stonegate Rd LS17 6EL (opp. fire station). Snooker players for social & league play welcome.

2 tables & bar open every evening.

FREE FOR charities, churches, social clubs & non-profit community groups

Alwoodley Bobbin Lacemaking Group meets Tues, 1.15 – 3.15pm at Alwoodley Park Methodist Church Hall, The Lane, Alwoodley, LS17 7BX. Tuition given.

Details: 269 5512 Lace & Craft Section Alwoodley Community Association meetsFri,

2 – 5pm to do various crafts and enjoy a cuppa and a chat. Details: 267 9474/ 267

8709

Roundhay Art Group Meets Mon

7.30 – 9.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd. Roundhay LS8 1JN. A group of principally watercolour painters who meet to share skills.

Regular demonstrations by local artists.

New members with some experience welcome. Details: John Irving 293 1465

Shadwell Art Group meets Tues, 2 –

4pm Methodist Church Hall, Main St. Shadwell. Join this friendly group for sketching & painting classes, with tuition & demonstrations. Details: 265 5598

Stainbeck Art Club meets 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm at Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. 14 Feb: Demonstration with David Newbould - drawing & painting people; 28 Feb: Practical workshop on Chinese brush painting

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Coffee Mornings Thurs 10am – 12 noon at the Polish Centre, Newton Hill Rd (off Chapeltown Rd). Speakers on health issues, gentle exercise, arts & crafts, & chance to socialise with other people from the community. Free. Everyone welcome. Details: 262 1013 Oakwood Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock.

Details: www.oakwoodfarmersmarket. com Shadwell Methodist Church Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10am – 12 noon run jointly with St Paul’s C of E in Methodist Church Hall.

GROUPS/CLUBS Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed,

7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details: Paul Gelder 269

7111, pagelder@hotmail.co.uk, www. alwoodleychessclub.org.uk British Cactus & Succulent Society meet third Mon, 7.30pm at St Columbus Church, 70 Headingley Lane LS6 2DH. Varied programme with speakers on a wide range of topics. Details: www.

leeds.bcss.org.uk

secretary@leedsdfas.org.uk, www. leedsdfas.org.uk

to join local fundraising groups to help raise funds for lifesaving research.

Details: Sue Green 01274 548324, greens@bhf.org.uk, www.bhf.org.uk/ localfundraising Friends of Addyman Woods Meet

Tues 7 Feb, 10am at Roman Ave. (LS82FD or Grid ref: SE323393) adjacent to bus stop & woodland entrance. Looking for volunteers to help manage, protect & promote the wildlife & heritage of this fantastic woodland.

Details: Ranger Pete Banks 07891

277108 Friends of Gipton Wood meet 10am last Sat of month, & some Sunday afternoons. Join them for a fun & interesting hour including wild flowers, birds, toadstools, tree recognition & archaeology. Details: Chris 266 7569 & Facebook Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Action Mornings Sun 12 Feb (11 March,

23 Apr, 14 May), 9.45am -12 noon. Meet Gledhow Valley Rd at newly acquired field. Activities to include clearing field boundaries, fencing & litter picking.

Leeds Decorative and Fine Arts Society Talks, visits, study days. Meets

3rd Wed at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, LS6 4BP. Forthcoming talks include ‘Hogarth, a harlot, a rake & a marriage’ (Feb), ‘Grayson Perry’ (April), ‘Sixties Photography’ (Sept). Details: 808 6313,

Details: Keith 07757 302521, Steve 07939 033936

Leeds & Harrogate Social Club Club nights 3rd Mon (20 Feb, 20 Mar) at Toby Carvery (Queens Arms) Chapel Allerton from 8.30pm + full calendar of events – theatre, walks, badminton, films, meals, book groups. Details: Liz

White Rose Speakers Club Meets every 2nd Mon, 7.45pm at Horsforth Museum LS18 5JB. Helping people improve their public speaking skills, boost their selfconfidence & have fun. Details: Pauline

enquiries@leedsivc.org.uk

269 3542

Leeds Horticultural Society Events

MUSIC

1st Tues, 8pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. All welcome. Monthly speakers. Details: Pat 225 0030,

Alwoodley Singers Seek New Members All welcome, but especially

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group

sopranos. Ability to read music preferable but not essential. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm Alwoodley Community Association Hall, The Avenue LS17 7NZ. Details: 294 3370

info@leedshospitalalert.org.uk

Cantabile Chamber Choir Small,

patdixon2@ntlworld.com British Heart Foundation seeks people

Leeds, Sundays Feb – Nov. Only £12.

campaigning for preservation of NHS. Next meeting: Tues 21 Feb at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: 278 5495,

Leeds Philatelic Society meets 2nd

& 4th Tues, 7pm at the Oxford Place Centre, Oxford Pl. LS1 3AX. Visitors & new members welcome. Details: John

Edwards 01977 793566, www. leedsps. org.uk

friendly chamber choir based in Chapel Allerton. Broad repertoire & regular performances throughout year. Rehearse Mon pm. Enquiries from new singers welcome – currently looking for tenors & basses. Details: info@cantabile-choir-

leeds.org.uk

Leeds Photographic Society meets Tues, 7.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd, LS8 1JN. New members welcome. Details: www.

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Leeds Probus Club, for retired professional/businessmen, meets 2nd Thurs, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane, Chapel Allerton LS7 3QF, for social gatherings with speakers. Details: 269

Leeds Guild of Singers Confident

5512

nights last Friday each month. 2-course evening meal for £19.95. See menu at www.carghousefarm.com. Details: 230

sight-reader? Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? LGS welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details: secretary@

leedsguildofsingers.org.uk National Trust Association Leeds meets 2nd Tues of month, 10am in St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. for coffee & a talk. 14 Feb: ‘The Settle Carlisle Line’.

All welcome. Details: Phil McShane 225

Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets

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Details: jen@bighooha.co.uk, www. roundhayukulelegroup.wordpress.com

Sunday Birdwatchers Fancy a pleasant day out bird watching with a friendly bunch of birders? Coach picks up at Bramley Town End & Infirmary St,

Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8.

All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

64 West Riding Opera Choir Small group

of singers performing mainly operatic music needs all voices. Meets Wed, 7.30pm at St. Chad’s, Far Headingley. No audition necessary, just turn up! Details:

David Bainbridge 07960 228769

SENIORS Age UK Leeds Silver Surfers Programme Baffled by computers,

tablets or mobile phones? Sign up for low cost/no cost training sessions taking place at venues across Leeds, run by experienced tutors. Courses run for six 2 ½ hr sessions. Always time to ask questions or go over things again.

Details: 389 3000, frontofhouse@ ageukleeds.org.uk Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat.

Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne & Paul 268

2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, paul_ chaplin@hotmail.com Lunch & Chat First Monday of each

month, 1pm at Tree Tops Centre (next to Thackrah Court, Shadwell Lane). Details:

Community Notices RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elderly welcomes people over 65 at

their clubs - Mon, 2pm at Oakwood Church & Thurs, 1.30pm at Lidgett Lane Community Centre. Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & other special interest clubs. Details:

Andrew 887 3595 St Barnabas Church, the View,

Alwoodley Coffee & Company Wed from 10.15am, followed by light lunch at 12.30pm every 3rd Wed. Details: 226

8269/ 268 2591 The Tea Cosy+ Dementia Café.

Specifically for people with dementia & their carers. 1st Wednesday of every month, 11am - 1.30pm, Lidgett Lane Community Centre, LS17 6QP. Tea & coffee, homemade sandwiches & cakes, support for carers, Singing for the Brain. £2.50 per person.

Wigton Moor Friendship Guild meets

3rd Wed, Wigton Moor UR Church, High Ash Dr. LS17. Speakers, slide shows, presentations, & outings. Try them out for just £2. Details: Maureen 268 0815,

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Roundhay Tea & Chat Club Meets Tues

Leeds Theosophical Society Sun 5 Feb,

roundhayteaandchat@gmail.com

Different Strokes Leeds North meets Wed 2 – 4pm at the Old Stables, Back Church Ln. Adel. Leeds Central group meets 3rd Wed, 11am – 2pm at the Stanningley Fire Station, 637 Stanningley Rd. Looking for people to do talks relating to strokes & people who would like learn about life for younger stroke survivors. Details: 07434 958024,

GEOFFRENDER@hotmail.com Marie Curie Seeks Volunteers Join a

fantastic group of fundraising volunteers & help more people living with a terminal illness get the care & support they deserve. Full support given. Meet every 4-6 weeks & help with ideas to raise funds for Marie Curie’s services. Details:

Jen 07798 638122, 01274 386190, jennifer. aspinall@mariecurie.org.uk Leeds Samaritans Confidential, non-

judgmental support 24 hours for those experiencing distress or despair. They listen for as long as you need. Details:

245 6789 or 116 123, www.samaritans. org/branches/samaritans-leeds

Alan 294 3370.

268 9844 afternoons just off Street Lane. Wide range of activities & outings for over-70s.

Door to door transport may be available.

Try it, free of charge, to see if it suits you. Details: Carole 07808 030702,

SUPPORT

2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ (near Leeds Arena), a talk by Chad Manion (London) on ‘A Theosophy of Time & the Untold Story of Earth’. Free. Details:

www.ts-leeds.org.uk/

Parkinson’s UK Supporting all affected

by Parkinson’s disease. Meets 2nd Wed in St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd, Far Headingley. 1st March: Andrew Garforth on ‘Assisted Living’; 12 Apr: ‘Images of Leanne’. Details: cookcarolann55@ gmail.com, cannesmith46@gmail.com, phil_mcshane@yahoo.co.uk /225 1166

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club For former cardiac patients.

Friendly, evening exercise classes with qualified Phase 4 instructors. Details:

WOMEN’S GROUPS

Hall Hotel, LS16 5PS. Visitors welcome.

www.sigbi.org/leeds/ Acorn Ladies Luncheon Club 2nd

Tuesday Club Ladies’ Lunch Group

Wed each month, 12.30 – 4pm at Wike Golf Centre LS17 9JW. Details: Janita

07949 307955, wghcardiacclub@gmail. com, www.wharfedalecardiacclub.org. uk

Dedicoat 01937 573 923, jdedicoat@ gmail.com

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

Alwoodley WI meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm

Meets last Tues of month, 11.30am at Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Rd. LS6 2EQ. 12.30pm lunch, followed by talk.

Details: Heather Harrison 267 8437

Cafe Economique meets 1st Tues, 7

for 7.30pm at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton. 7 Feb: Prof Gary Craig, WISE, University of Hull, on ‘Modern Slavery in the UK: How it Affects You & What You Can Do about it’. £4

Leeds Art History Group Programme

runs through to March 2017, covering wide range of topics at HEART, Bennett Rd LS63HN. Details: Jonathan 07771

598435, rosy126@aol.com Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society with Leeds City Museum Thurs

23 Feb, 2pm at Leeds City Museum - A Talk by John McGoldrick on ‘Armley: Enterprising Mill & Museum’. All welcome. Details: www.leedsphilandlit.

MISC/ EVENTS

at St Barnabas Church Hall (off The Vine). Learn, chat, laugh, make friends & help the community. Aged 18-180 – you are more than welcome. £37.50 a year or come as a guest for £4. Details:

Gardening for Health with The

Facebook/ Alwoodley WI Chapel Pie WI Meets 2nd Mon of every

month, 7.45pm at St Mathew’s Church Hall, Chapel Allerton. Non members £4, annual membership £37.50

Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets

1st Thurs, 10.30am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. 2 Feb: ‘Old Fashioned Remdies’ with Ruth Nettleton; 2 March: ‘My Life and Farming’ with Bill Cowling; 6 Apr: ‘Australia – Cairns to Tasmania’ with Tony Birkitt Details:

Joan McShane 225 1166

org.uk/events.html ‘Origins of Oakwood’ Fri 17 Feb, 2pm at Oakwood Library, a talk by James Ogden with historical photographs of the area. Also at Leeds Central Library, Room 700, Wed 15 Feb 6pm

Roundhay WI meets 2nd Thurs, 7pm at

St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Ave LS8 1DS.So much more than Jam & Jerusalem! In addition to monthly meetings, they run a wide range of activities & social groups (day & evening).

Visitors £4. Details: Pauline 268 6704,

wiroundhay@gmail.com, Facebook Soroptimist International of Leeds meets 2nd Mon, 7.30pm at Weetwood

Conservation Volunteers Tues & Thurs am in Oakwood. Want to learn new skills or just meet people & get some fresh air.

Refreshments & gloves provided & some bus fares reimbursed. Details: Pauline

Pickett 07816 225535, p.pickett@tcv. org.uk Hope Pastures Pony Days Mon & Thurs 10am - 3pm (the next best thing to owning your own pony!). Pony 1 to 1s & Family Fun on Wed, 10am - 12 noon.

Details: www.hopepastures.org Sue Ryder is Recruiting Volunteer Collectors to support their fundraising

efforts around Leeds. All they require is the enthusiasm to make a difference to people’s lives & the ability to be a good ambassador for the charity. Details:

Roohi Lupton 203 3360, roohi.lupton@ suerydercare.org The Beehive Shop (67 Potternewton

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