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high on success.

The evenings are closing in so quickly – those hot Summer days are but a distant memory! It’s on to cosy firesides,

Samuel Payne reviews the film ‘The Miseducation of

warming food and a certain looming event in December!

Cameron Post’; Sam Rayner talks to Hannah Trigwell; we have news of the National Science & Media

This month we can look forward to Phoenix Dance

Museum’s Widescreen Weekend; and there are some

Theatre performing at home, after a hugely successful

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year. Once again, Leeds-based Irish Arts Foundation Phoenix at Home

Red Ladder’s ‘Mother Courage’

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presents The Leeds Gathering; and Red Ladder Theatre

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for our November edition (12th Oct for advertising).

production of Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage & Her Children’,

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starring the wonderful Pauline McLynn.

November. We look forward to hearing from you.

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26 Red Ladder Celebrates 50 Years with Brecht - ‘Mother Courage & Her

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Children’ - ‘an immersive production’ at Albion Electric Warehouse.

16 Phoenix Dance Theatre is ‘At Home’ – Phoenix presents its eighth ‘Phoenix at

46 From Leeds to Laos (via YouTube): Hannah Trigwell - Sam Rayner talks to

Home’ production at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre.

the singer/songwriter with huge following in Asia.

22 The Leeds Gathering: A Celebration of Irish Music & Arts

48 Goth City 3: Season of The Witch - Goth cultural festival with top quality

24 St Gemma’s 40th Anniversary Arts Festival - The hospice is holding a special Arts Festival at The Grammar School at Leeds

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Composition is an area often neglected by many photographers and topics include positioning the subject in the frame, the direction of the lighting, choosing an appropriate background and several more, all discussed in detail.

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Life&Style They Lived In Leeds

By Eveleigh Bradford

Jane Elizabeth Brown (1847-1921) Founder of the Victoria Home, Headingley How best to provide for the elderly and infirm remains as vital a topic today as it ever was. Money has always been an issue, but in the late nineteenth century social position came into the mix too. When Jane Brown was looking for a cause to devote her energies and her considerable fortune to in the 1880s she was very conscious of the vulnerability of single women of her own class. She saw the need for a sanctuary for the sick and disabled without money or family, whose only recourse otherwise would be the workhouse. So she set about founding a home ‘for invalid ladies’ to provide security and care. The institution she founded was to survive over 120 years.

Jane Brown was born in Roundhay in 1847, the only daughter of Eliza and William Brown, both Unitarians active in good works. Her father was a wealthy textile merchant, partner in a thriving business in Bradford. In 1858 in an upmarket move he bought land at Weetwood, leafy and exclusive, and had a handsome stone house built there for the family: Bardon Grange – Cuthbert Brodrick of Town Hall fame was probably the architect. Across Weetwood Lane he had a second mansion, ‘the Hollies’, built around 1871 for his son George William. (Both houses are still there) Jane lived in Bardon Grange with her parents until their deaths and then stayed on, never marrying. In 1882 she inherited money from her father and began planning her ‘Ladies’ Home’ project. Her dream was realised when she opened the first Victoria Home in a rented house in Grosvenor Road in 1885, with five residents. It was dedicated to her parents.

When the waiting list for admission grew she bought larger premises in Broomfield Crescent, and finally in 1901 a spacious detached house in Kirkstall Lane: called ‘The Limes’, set in gardens. She undertook a major extension to take 20 residents and vested the property in trustees. A body of loyal subscribers helped to fund and maintain the Home.

She was a formidable figure, acting first as Secretary then as President of the Home, trotting down regularly from Weetwood in her pony trap. She set firm rules. All residents were expected to contribute, usually 10 shillings to £1 a week, in return for board and lodgings, nursing and medical care. Applicants had to provide evidence of their medical condition, ability to pay, and their social position. There were no religious barriers. The aim was to provide a comfortable, permanent home for chronically sick or disabled women of education and status who had no means of support (no state benefits then).

In 1903 the Home in Kirkstall Lane was formally opened by Lady Lucy Cavendish, who praised the cheerful home-like rooms, the exceptional care, and the moderate charges. A 1909 newspaper article on the Home commented that here gentlewomen could enjoy the niceties of life – no ‘thick-cut bread and butter’ or ‘ready-made tea mixed with milk and sugar’ which might suit the multitude but would be nothing short of a nightmare for ladies of refined tastes! More importantly it provided life-long security and dedicated care.

The aim was to provide a comfortable, permanent home for chronically sick or disabled women of education and status who had no means of support

Jane Brown continued to devote time and money to the Home.

There was a financial deficit each year, but she and her supporters managed to keep it afloat through fundraising bazaars, donations and volunteers – the two doctors attending gave their time free of charge. Treats and outings were organised when possible, as in 1908 when borrowed carriages took the ladies down to see the decorations for the Royal visit. Improvements like a lift (worked initially by ropes) were introduced when cash allowed.

In the First World War the ladies knitted assiduously for the forces and army horses occupied the stables. Jane Brown like many others had her personal tragedy: the death of her nephew, Major Harold Brown, in 1918. Her brother George William later donated his mansion ‘The Hollies’ and its magical park to the city, in his son’s memory.

Jane hrself died in 1921, aged 73, but left a generous bequest to the Home. A strong character, motivated by faith and duty, she had inspired great affection (and awe), and was long remembered on ‘Founder’s Day’. Oldfashioned as she was in her ways and dress, her ideas had been ahead of their time.

Over the years the Victoria Home continued to offer care and refuge but struggled to modernise. Money remained tight, in spite of a YEP appeal on the centenary in 1985. In the end it could not survive and closed in 2007, its 20 residents, some over 100, dispersed. Its assets were transferred to MHA to provide care facilities for the elderly, and a modern assisted-living complex, Victoria Court, now occupies the site.

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Life&Style Car Confidence – Trading Standards Expose Mis-selling in Used Car Sales

e West Yorkshire Trading Standards have issued fresh guidance on the purchase of used cars to residents across West Yorkshire.

This guidance is the result of a recent ‘week of action’ undertaken by West Yorkshire Trading Standards where random checks were carried out on independent car garages across the region. Over 60 used cars that were advertised for sale were spot-checked, 35 of these were mechanically inspected and, shockingly, one in three of these was deemed by an independent consultant engineer to be unsafe to drive.

A common theme was poor repair accident damage that left the cars structurally weakened. One example, a 2016 BMW 335i Estate was found to have a deformed chassis and inner wings, with over 5mm of filler used to disguise the damage; and a 2007 Ford Focus C Max was found to have a significantly deformed side sill and B pillar, again filler had been applied to cover deformation.

Other key findings were that one in four cars were falsely described as having full/part service history, and another one in four cars were falsely described as having 12 months MOT. Included in their guidance, West Yorkshire Trading Standards encourage people to check that the condition of the car is consistent with the indicated mileage, as one in eight cars checked had a mileage discrepancy.

The key driver to the ‘week of action’ was that the purchase of used vehicles is one of the top consumer complaints received

by Citizens’ Advice, with nearly 11,000 complaints made each year.

“Our findings should act as a stark reminder to anyone who is thinking about purchasing a second-hand motor vehicle”, said David Lodge, Head of West Yorkshire Trading Standards.

“Some parts of the motor trade have always generated a significant number of complaints but what our findings have uncovered is the serious nature of the problems that consumers may encounter. Often consumers are easily seduced by the excitement of a new car purchase, but undertaking a few basic checks before you part with any cash could save you lots of time and hassle in the future.”

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Life&Style William Merritt Exhibition Includes New Driving Area Each year the William Merritt Centre hosts an exhibition in Leeds for assistive technology and equipment for disabled children and adults, their carers and healthcare professionals.

This year, the Centre has added a new driving area, partnering with Get Going Live and funded via Department for Transport and Driving Mobility. This area will include:

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Occupational Therapists to offer guidance and advice “This will give our exhibition even wider appeal, with more options and advice for disabled adults, and attracting young disabled individuals, older drivers with a newly acquired medical condition and Approved Driving Instructors”, said David Blythe, General Manager at The William Merritt Centre.

Young people with disabilities can get a driving licence at 16, but parents and carers need to feel confident that they are making the right decisions for the safety of their young driver. The Centre also receives many enquiries from older drivers who want to continue driving safely and maintain their independence.

Friendly, expert advice will be available from a number of companies and the William Merritt Centre team, who have a wealth of knowledge regarding the adaptations and vehicles that are right for the individual’s needs.

This event is free to attend and is a convenient way to try out new products and see what’s new in assistive technology.

The William Merritt Centre provides impartial information, advice and assessments on equipment, driving and practical aspects of daily living for disabled people of all ages, their carers, professionals and older people. Anyone can make an appointment with one of their Occupational Therapists/Driving instructors to discuss the needs and recommendations to aid independent living. w w w.w m d l c . o r g /a c c e s s a b i l i t y exhibition

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Life&Style Shop Local, Shop Small, Shop Independent The Just A Card campaign has been running for about three years – its aim being to encourage people to make even small purchases from independent, small businesses who need support in this tough economic climate.

“We hope that people will think twice before making a purchase and ask themselves if there is an independent business where they can buy that item”, said Claire Riley of Our Handmade Collective. “They will not only help the local economy but will most likely receive a higher level of customer service and a more tailored purchase. When shopping online, sites like Etsy, where every business is a small independent, are always a good choice.

“Food and farmers’ markets support even more of the local economy. It’s just about changing perceptions, adjusting shopping habits, thinking twice before going online, buying your coffee from a independent coffee shop, and ordering books from a local bookshop!”

The campaign was founded by artist/ designer Sarah Hamilton after reading a notice in a local gallery window – it read: “If everyone who’d complimented us on our beautiful gallery had bought just a card, we’d still be open” – pointing out how vital each purchase is to a small business.

One supporter of the #justacard campaign is our Our Handmade Collective in the Grand Arcade, LS1.

Stocking the work of 70 local designer/ makers, it provides a handmade shopping experience with gifts and cards for all occasions.

At Our Handmade Collective you can support not just one but 70 small businesses – all of which are doing their best to make a living doing what they love. So, in the run up to the festive season, why not consider doing some or all of your Christmas shopping with local businesses?

Our Handmade Collective is holding a Christmas Shopping Evening Event on Thursday 1st November where you can meet lots of the makers while sipping mulled wine and munching mince pies. The choir Vocologee will be singing festive songs too, and you can get 10% off your purchases for the evening.

For further details of the Just a Card campaign visit justacard.org www.ourhandmadecollective.co.uk

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Phoenix Dance Theatre is ‘At Home’

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Phoenix Dance Theatre presents its eighth ‘Phoenix at Home’ production at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre from Thursday 18th – Saturday 20th October at 7.30pm, with a matinee on Saturday at 2pm.

Last year, Phoenix at Home saw the company celebrate female choreographers, presenting works by some of the company’s own talented dancer/choreographers, including a piece by multi-award-winning Sandrine Monin.

This year Phoenix will present Robert North’s renowned ‘Troy Game’. Described by the New York Times as a ‘funny and sexy romp’, it is a tongue-in-cheek parody of male machismo specially re-staged for Phoenix to include female dancers.

This year Phoenix will present Robert North’s renowned ‘Troy Game’

Sandrine Monin makes a welcome return with an excerpt from her new piece ‘Kirke’, for which she has again teamed up with composer Roberto Rusconi; and Phoenix Youth Academy take to the stage with colourful and comedic new work ‘Spam’, choreographed by company dancer Michael Marquez.

anniversary of the arrival in the UK of the ship ‘Windrush’ with the first group of immigrants from Jamaica. It was a huge success. After touring to nine UK venues, a festival in Germany, and a special performance at Tilbury Docks on Windrush Day, ‘Windrush: Movement of the People’ continues to tour and returns to Yorkshire in November.

A year ago, Phoenix Dance Theatre’s artistic director, Sharon Watson, created a dance piece to commemorate the seventieth

Tickets for Phoenix at Home (£16/ £13) are available from 0113 220 8008 or online at www.phoenixdancetheatre. co.uk

Minu Achrekar Exhibits at HEART Minu Achrekar is a practicing medical doctor working in the NHS with a strong interest in art. She works in watercolour, acrylic, oil paints and textured media and has exhibited in several art shows and galleries around Leeds. Her next exhibition, ‘Beautiful Living’, will run from 22nd October to 21st December in the Ridge Room at HEART on Bennett Road, Headingley.

Her childhood in India has given her a love of vibrant colours and her inspiration is endless – from imaginative worlds to living landscapes, cityscapes, animals and flora. She is passionate about making art accessible and has chosen a selection of pocket-friendly paintings that would suit numerous settings.

Profits from the exhibition will be donated to two charities – Candlelighters, which provides care and support to children with cancer and their families; and the NAAM foundation, which provides financial support, infrastructure and educational development to drought stricken areas of rural Maharashtra, India.

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‘Europe’ Resonates at Leeds Playhouse Leeds Playhouse will stage David Greig's politically resonant play, ‘Europe’, from Friday 12th October – Saturday 3rd November in its temporary, 350- seat theatre on the Playhouse’s current site.

Written in 1994, at the height of the Balkan conflict, the production explores our relationship with our continent – particularly pertinent as this becomes more and more politicised. The play is set around a small-town railway station and follows the plight of two economic refugees as they arrive in an unnamed town near an unnamed European border.

“I was fascinated by David Greig's play from the moment I read it over 20 years ago”, said James Brining. “Staging it feels as important now as when it was first written, which is a measure of its power as a modern classic. The story focuses on the power of human connection and friendship. As a theatre of sanctuary, the Playhouse works tirelessly to combat the feeling of displacement and I am really interested in how this production will provoke discussions around our own sense of belonging.”

Staging David Greig's play feels as important now as when it was first written

This often funny and moving production will be directed by Leeds Playhouse Artistic Director James Brining and designed by awardwinning designer Amanda Stoodley. It will feature seven of the Playhouse’s Ensemble Company, including Jo Mousley as Katia and Robert Pickavance as Sava. Joining them will be Jo Alessi as Fret; Lladel Bryant as Billy; Darren Kuppan as Morocco; Dan Parr as Berlin; and Tessa Parr as Adele. They will be joined by Alex Nowark as Horse.

Amanda Stoodley added: "I used to live in Leeds, so there's always a bit of my heart here and I love coming back to see how the city is doing. With that in mind, it would be heartbreaking to return to a place one knew and cared for, to find it in the same distress, turmoil and confusion as the town in ‘Europe’. It is a hard-hitting, thoughtprovoking story that strikes a very real chord in changing times for all of us and how we move, or not, with them."

Tickets are available from 0113 213 7700 or online at leedsplayhouse.org.uk

Black History Month at St Martin’s St. Martin’s Church, St. Martin’s View, Potternewton LS7 3LB, is marking Black History Month with a spectacular, free exhibition of costumes from earlier Carnivals, which will be displayed in the church from Saturday 13th – Saturday 27th October.

This has been made possible through the generosity of Mr Hughbon Condor of High Esteem Costumes, who has been involved with the design of carnival costumes for almost 50 years. He will be giving a presentation at the opening on Saturday 13th October (4 – 6pm). His family will be helping at a workshop on Saturday 20th (4 – 6pm), and there will be carnival reminiscences on Saturday 27th, the last day of the exhibition (4 – 6pm).

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Catch the spirit of a great Leeds tradition.

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War Requiem Commemorating the Armistice Exhibitions of vintage photographs don’t normally accompany concerts by Leeds Festival Chorus, but there will be one already in place at Leeds Town Hall, linking it to a performance of Benjamin Britten’s deeply emotional ‘War Requiem’ on 17th November.

The exhibition is in the Brodrick Exhibition Space for three months from the beginning of October. With the concert, it commemorates the Armistice of 1918.

Alongside the Leeds singers will be the City of Glasgow Chorus, the Cantabile Choir, soloists, Evelina Dobračeva (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor) and Benjamin Appl (baritone), and the BBC Philharmonic, with conductor Simon Wright.

The photographs are of ancestors of members of the three choirs who were active at the time of the First World War. Others are of staff and patients at the Second Northern General Hospital at Beckett Park, Headingley, which was the main war hospital in Leeds.

“I asked as many singers as possible to burrow around in their family histories”, said curator Richard Wilcocks, who sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus. “I also used my digital archive from when I was researching my book ‘Stories from the War Hospital’ in 2014. What I received was personal, intimate and compelling.”

work has remained popular and is one of the composer’s most performed pieces.

The exhibition includes young men and women who fought in the great catastrophe and those who did not. Nurses and doctors appear beside men who fought, survivors and casualties. One of the larger photographs is of Benjamin Britten, taken in 1964, placed next to a large manuscript by Wilfred Owen, a first draft of his famous poem ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’.

Britten, a pacifist, was very affected by the poetry of Wilfred Owen, who was killed fighting his way across a French canal in the war’s last month. He wrote a quotation from him on the title page of his score - "My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity" – and interspersed nine of Owen’s poems amongst the Latin words of the Requiem.

A soprano soloist with a large chorus is needed for these words, and the poems are sung by a tenor and a baritone, giving a visceral sense of what war is like.

‘War Requiem’ was composed as a commission for the rededication of Coventry Cathedral in 1962. The horrors of the First World War represent those of all wars. The

Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem is at Leeds Town Hall, Saturday 17th November, 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50 – £36.

Concessions available. Box Office 0113 376 0318 boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk

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The Leeds Gathering: A Celebration of Irish Music & Arts The Leeds Gathering, a celebration of Irish music and arts, runs from 12th – 20th October. Organised by the Leeds-based Irish Arts Foundation, events are designed to appeal to both those of an Irish background and people from the wider community with an interest in music and the arts.

Pictured: Blás

As usual, the festival features a number of concerts, traditional Irish music sessions, literary and educational events as well as a film screening. The fourteenth Leeds Gathering features some of the most experienced and emerging performers and artistes in the world of Irish music and arts.

First formed in 1983, the influential foursome Buttons and Bows - made up of Jackie Daly, Séamus and Manus McGuire and Garry O’Briain, will play Inkwell on Saturday 20th October, and from County Mayo the up and coming band Blás, play The New Headingley Club on Saturday 13th October.

Set during the Irish War of Independence in the early 1920s, Seven Arts in Chapel Allerton will be screening The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Director: Ken Loach) on Monday 15th October. Also at Seven Arts on Wednesday 17th October, Ladies Who Punch, in association with Mend & MakeDo Theatre Company, present ‘Corner Boys’. This powerful play exposes the light and dark sides of rural Irish life in the sixties – the carnivals, the sodalities, the shenanigans, the humour and the desperation.

“We are particularly delighted to welcome Blás, from Foxford in North County Mayo, this year, a dynamic young band that hail from a part of Ireland with strong links to Leeds”, said John O’Dwyer, Irish Arts Foundation trustee. “The Leeds Irish community represents members from all over Ireland but there exists an extremely strong connection with County Mayo. Many of those who emigrated to Leeds post -1950 were from the towns and villages of the north of Mayo in particular.”

For further information and a full programme of events contact the Irish Arts Foundation on info@irisharts.org. uk or visit www.irisharts.org.uk

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St Gemma’s 40th Anniversary Arts Festival

A Vegan Masquerade Ball for Miracle’s Mission Step out in style at the Winterfest Vegan Masquerade Ball - the UK’s first vegan and palm oil free masquerade ball and dinner – on Saturday 17th November at Leeds United Football Club.

There will be a wonderful three course vegan and palm oil free meal, followed by entertainment, including a live band, DJ, and a dance performance.

There will also be a raffle with some fabulous prizes, a special awards ceremony for the best dressed, a luxury item silent auction and plenty of dancing – all for £45.

To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of St Gemma’s Hospice, the hospice is holding a special 40th Anniversary Arts Festival at The Grammar School at Leeds from Wednesday 24th – Sunday 28th October.

The festival will also display artwork from the Secret Art Project, which features works from famous artists and celebrities, including PM Theresa May and the Kaiser Chiefs.

This celebration of local arts will feature two special exhibitions alongside the hospice’s annual art and photography exhibition and sale. The 40 Faces of St Gemma’s exhibition, previously displayed at Leeds City Museum, features the photography of Olivia Hemingway, who specialises in portraits with a natural, relaxed style. The subjects have been photographed in places significant to them and their stories are told alongside the pictures. The exhibition demonstrates strong feelings of hope, love, humour and bravery and help to show the reality of hospice care.

Alongside the exhibition there will be an arts café selling homemade cakes, coffee and teas. ‘The Arts Exhibition is a wonderful celebration of arts, showcasing the fantastic talents of local artists”, said Pete Watson, St Gemma’s Senior Events Fundraiser. “It is also an important fundraiser for the hospice, as a percentage of every artwork sold is donated to St Gemma’s, contributing towards the £9 million we need to raise every year to keep the doors of the Hospice open.”

Admission to the Arts Festival is just £3.

For more information visit www.events. st-gemma.co.uk or call 0113 218 5505.

VIP ticket holders can expect all of the above, plus a drinks reception on arrival, seats at the top tables, VIP goody bags, optional bar table service and table favours - for just £80.

All proceeds will be donated to the animal welfare charity, Miracle’s Mission.

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Red Ladder Theatre Celebrates 50 Years with Brecht Pauline McLynn will take on the titular role in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage & Her Children’ in Red Ladder Theatre’s 50th anniversary production at Albion Electric warehouse, South Accommodation Road, LS10 1PR, from 28th September – 20th October.

Artistic director Rod Dixon directs Bertolt Brecht’s timeless anti-war play, from the dark and witty translation by Lee Hall, as an immersive production.

Audiences will follow in the footsteps of Brecht’s fearless matriarch as she hauls her wagon through battlefields and bombed out villages.

Rod Dixon’s production re-examines the relevance of Brecht’s 20th century masterpiece for today.

Echoing the contemporary refugees’ universal displacement, Mother Courage & Her Children asks urgent questions surrounding the stigma and fear of immigration and the effects of war, and integrates a professional cast and community chorus.

Best known for her award-winning role as Mrs Doyle in ‘Father Ted’, Irish actor and author Pauline McLynn is Brecht’s buffoonish but ruthless Mother Courage.

“Mother Courage is one of the great, iconic roles and to have this opportunity to play her is a particular thrill for me”, said Pauline. “I am excited to introduce new audiences to Brecht, a challenging and brilliant playwright who provokes and enriches us with his work. I am an actor who has always had a leaning for the Left and therefore Red Ladder and myself are a very natural match. Not only is this play still hugely relevant (sad to say), the integrity of the company just sings to me. And that Rod has chosen to celebrate Red Ladder’s 50th with this important play, with me in the title role, is one of the biggest, scariest thrills I’ve ever had.”

Pauline is joined by Bea Webster, making her professional debut as one of the first actors to graduate from the only UK performance degree course for d/Deaf performers. She plays Kattrin, alongside Levi Payne and an ensemble of actors and actor-musicians: Becky Barry, Luke Dickson, T.J. Holmes, Matthew Lewney, Beccy Owen, and Kathleen Yore. The musical score is by Boff Whalley (founder member of Chumbawamba), with musical arrangement by singer-songwriter Beccy Owen.

“This is the first time in 50 years that Red Ladder will have staged a classic, and to me it is the perfect play for our troubled time”, said Rod Dixon. “Brecht is one of the most radical and experimental of playwrights from the last century and my ambition is to use this brilliant piece of theatre to counter the narrative of the right-wing media that refugees from ‘there’ do not need to be ‘here’. Mother Courage is a gigantic role and I am particularly excited that Pauline is to play her. She brings a rich experience of many characters of stage and screen to this production, and audiences will be thrilled by her performance.”

Tickets (£15/£20) are available from Leeds Playhouse (0113 213 7700) or via www.redladder.co.uk Red Ladder is supported by Leeds Playhouse and is working with local organisations MAPS – the Leeds City Council migrant support service – Open Source Arts, and Leeds Asylum Seeker Network.

Pictured: Pauline McLynn & Rod Dixon

Leeds Choir Marks Armistice Commemorations with New Requiem St Peter’s Singers are preparing to mark the centenary of the end of the Great War with the world premiere of a new work created by two of its own members. ‘Penthos’ – a new Requiem - was composed by Matthew Oglesby, with a visionary text by Hannah Stone, and you can hear its first performance at St. Michael’s Church, Headingley, on Saturday 27th October at 6pm.

‘Penthos’ is a significant contribution to the City’s Armistice commemorations. Expressed in hauntingly beautiful poetry and music, the piece is a meditation on that ancient spirit of mourning articulated in the Greek word penthos. It allows us to remember all those who died, and to reflect on the appalling wars that continue to disfigure our world 100 years after ‘the war to end all wars’.

Scored for choir, orchestra and soloists, Matthew Oglesby’s music fuses ancient sounds of Russian bells and Eastern Orthodox chanting with the music of English, French and German composers from the time of the Great War. Moments of stunning choral simplicity contrast with the carefully orchestrated sounds of a sizeable orchestra and the highly personalised utterances of contralto and baritone soloists.

Originating in the Middle East, the idea of penthos – being sorry when you do wrong, either as an individual or as a community – is the first step to putting things right with those you have hurt and leads to the joy of reconciliation and happier relations.

Hannah Stone is an award-winning poet who is also an academic expert on penthos. Her text draws on this, following the example of the early Eastern Christian monks who wrote about it, and expressing it in poetry that is rich in imagery, vivid in its portrayal of key characters and skilful in its use of different forms.

For further information, and to reserve your place, visit www.penthos.uk

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Forms Established in the Light at Sunny Bank

'Forms Established in the Light’ is the latest exhibition at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, inspired by the parallels between art, architecture and design.

Thirty-three artists from all over the country exhibit an eclectic mix of work, including ceramics, drawing, furniture, film, photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture and textiles. Each piece challenges the audience to consider their perception of architecture, space and design.

Exhibiting artists include Ellen PaigeLeach (Bridlington), Clare Holdstock (Hull), Sue Mann (York), and Shane Green, whose wooden sculptures are renowned around Leeds.

Alun Kirby’s origami sculpture ‘Reconstructed Memory’ and Russell Hughes’ ‘Recording Movement and Spatial Disruption – Five Walks in Millenium Square, which uses crowd control barriers and print to explore how people walk through public spaces, are also included. Amanda Lwin (London) was recently commissioned as part of Selected Sculpture in the City; Jo Taylor is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors; and Kevin Pocock’s painting ‘Brutal Façade’, was in the John Moores painting prize 2012.

The exhibition is free and runs until 28th October. The Gallery is open 10am – 4pm Tuesday to Saturday and 11am – 4pm on Sundays.

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This year, Leeds Women’s Aid celebrates 45 years since opening its first women’s refuge in Leeds in 1973. This was the second women’s refuge in the country and the first outside London.

For more information on Leeds Women’s Aid, visit www. leedswomensaid.org.uk

Leeds Women’s Aid recently launched a new website, which includes comprehensive information about domestic violence and abuse and the variety of specialist support services available to women and families in Leeds.

The site also provides information, under the ‘Get Involved’ tab, about different ways to support the charity through fundraising, volunteering and donating items to their charity shop and refuges.

Leeds Women’s Aid is the largest women’s charitable organisation in Leeds and its

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New Crick-EAT Initiative Helped to Reduce #HolidayHunger About 30,000 children in Leeds go hungry during school holidays – meaning that the children return to school fatigued and do not perform well academically, not to mention the effect this has on their mental wellbeing and happiness.

Crick-Eat is a new Yorkshire Cricket Foundation (YCF) initiative which aims to reduce #HolidayHunger. In August they made their way to three Leeds parks armed with packed lunches and Kwik Cricket sets.

Using Pop-Up Cricket to attract children, they gave away 155 meals in three weeks.

The sessions, delivered by YCF partners Pro Coach, provided an opportunity for children to play cricket for up to two hours. It was completely free and a great way to introduce the game to those who

might not normally play the game. The children were provided with a packed lunch to either eat then or take home.

The YCF received funding through Leeds Community Foundation. The packed lunches were provided by Fuel for School.

“It’s great that funding became available to run a holiday hunger programme over the Summer”, said Beth Cook, YCF Health & Wellbeing Manager. “With so many children in Leeds going hungry over the holidays, it was important for us to run a project that made a real difference in the community.”

a lunch, they brought about social cohesion and respect between different community groups. Three children who demonstrated a real love for the game were given a cricket bats and balls so they could continue playing after sessions.

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Phoenix Concert Band to Perform in Aid of The Crypt Phoenix Concert Band will perform a fiery musical assortment at St George’s Church at 7.30pm on Saturday 20th October, in aid of St George’s Crypt, the homeless charity, which is currently fundraising for a muchneeded new van to replace their current vehicle, which is nearly falling apart! The charity relies on it to collect food, furniture and other items.

Phoenix Concert Band is a large wind orchestra that plays a rich variety of music from film and musical theatre to swing and popular classics. It is committed to raising money whenever possible for local, national and international causes. This concert will include selections from the Lion King, Indiana Jones, Wicked and West Side Story – together with lovely home-baked interval goodies, this promises to be a great event.

“We’re delighted to team up with St George’s Crypt for a second time to raise money for their inspirational work”, said Hilary Pattison, Chair of Phoenix Concert

Phoenix Concert Band is committed to raising money whenever possible for local, national and international causes Band. “We love performing for audiences of all ages, and whether you come along because you’re a fan of live music or because you want to help a fantastic charity, everyone benefits.”

Tickets (£8/ £5 concessions, U-16s free) are available from cryptconcert.eventbrite. co.uk or on the door.

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In August, I promised to keep readers updated with Council plans to turn the A61 into a single carriageway for private cars to create a bus and cycle lane to and from the city centre.

In the short term, the Council is very keen to press ahead with another smaller scheme on the Alwoodley section of the A61 (between Alwoodley Gates and The Ring Road). The details can be found at www.Leeds.gov.uk/connectingleeds. The scheme involves a bus and cycle lane for a section Northbound - approaching the Alwoodley Lane / Wigton Moor junction; and on the road Southbound – a bus and cycle lane for a section approaching the Ring Road roundabout.

I met recently with Council officers and the Council’s transport consultants to hear the results of the first consultation earlier this year and learn about the current plans.

Some road widening would be required for the bus lanes on both sides of the road and officers would like to have this whole job completed by next summer.

Nearly 70% of the several thousand responses were not supportive of proposals to reduce the A61 to one lane. Despite this, plans are being drawn up for another consultation on what is essentially the same proposal. The finer details are due to be published in the Autumn and there will be another chance to let the Council know your views.

Originally, Council officers wanted to hold an information evening on 18th September and close the public consultation in early October – giving residents virtually no time to respond. This has now been changed – the new date for the information event is Thursday 4th October, 5 – 8pm at Treetops Community Centre. This is a drop-in event.

Cllr Dan Cohen Alwoodley

The public consultation on these proposals will be open until 20th October 2018, which gives you plenty of time to make your feelings known, simply email connectingleeds@leeds.gov.uk. I cannot stress enough how important it is that you ensure the Council is aware of your views as Alwoodley residents about these proposals.

We have real concerns about them and are far from convinced they make any real sense (we can envisage the delays caused by having just one lane open, off peak, on the approach to the Ring Road roundabout. Imagine if that was at rush hour). Nor, we are told, do they make any great improvement to the speed of bus journeys.

Please remember, for any and all local issues, Peter, Neil and myself are always here to help.

Shadow Spokesmen For Children and Families 07711 647 849 Daniel.Cohen@leeds.gov.uk

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Roundhay and Oakwood Festival 2018

Advice Helps with Universal Credit Roll-out Chapeltown Citizens Advice is helping people to get ready for Universal Credit as it rolls out in full across Leeds from 10th October. This new benefit aims to help people on a low income or not in work meet their living costs. It combines six benefits, including Housing Benefit and Working Tax Credit, into a single monthly payment.

At the moment in Leeds, Universal Credit is only available to single jobseekers but from 10th October parents, couples and people who can’t work due to health issues who make a new claim will also receive it.

Chapeltown Citizens Advice is highlighting the changes due to take effect around how Universal Credit is claimed and paid, so that people can prepare before applying for the new benefit. People need to be aware that:

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Universal Credit payments are made in arrears at the end of the month, rather than being paid every week.

We can help people at every stage from the online application form to helping people best manage their monthly payment is encouraging people to apply for an advance payment if they’re concerned about meeting their living costs in the meantime.

New Universal Credit applications, and any change in your circumstances, need to be made online.

“Universal Credit is the biggest ever change to the benefit system, so it’s important people get support while they get used to the new system”, said Nick Morgan, Chief Executive, Chapeltown Citizens Advice. “We can help people at every stage of the application process - from the online application form or offering budgeting advice, to helping people best manage their monthly payment.”

With most people facing a six week wait for their first Universal Credit payment, Chapeltown Citizens Advice

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This year’s Roundhay and Oakwood Festival will host a variety of exciting and interesting events at various venues in the area. Sponsored by Southlands (Westward Care) and the Roundhay Councillors, and organised by Oakwood Traders and Residents’ Association (OTRA), it will run from 27th October – 2nd November.

Roundhay Quilters Group will host a quilting exhibition; there will be a spell and wand workshop to tempt young Harry Potter fan; and talks on how to become plastic free.

Watch some fabulous belly dancing; enjoy Turkish food; and browse the Oakwood Craft and Food Market.

You can also find out about girl guiding, learn how to linocut, take in a snooker taster session, revel in a festival cream tea, and have fun at an Adult’s School Disco – school uniform compulsory!

If you want to know about marketing, HR issues, wills and estates, or how to set up a company, Oakwood Solicitors will be holding free drop-in sessions. Westward Care will host a history talk about the Southlands and Oakwood. And, there will be puppet and poetry workshops.

For further information, visit www. loveoakwood.co.uk, facebook, or pick up a leaflet from the library or shops in Roundhay.

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Every year, as the breeding season comes to a close, thousands of ducks and geese head south to the coasts of the UK to spend Winter in a milder climate with a plentiful supply of food. Among these are over 28,000 Pintails, arriving from Scandinavia and Russia to our coasts, estuaries and large wetlands.

The Pintail is a small but very elegant duck, with a long, thin neck and a long tail. The male has an almost completely chocolate brown head, apart from a distinctive white stripe running down one side. From a distance, its body appears mainly grey with drooping cream and black back feathers. Like many ducks it rewards closer inspection, as its grey body is very finely barred, adding to the overall beauty of its plumage.

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Fewer than 50 pairs of Pintail breed in the UK, mostly in Norfolk and the west of Scotland. This may be because they have very specific requirements for nesting areas i.e. shallow pools in open grasslands – places which are vulnerable to a warming climate.

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Friends of Roundhay Park Take Platinum in RHS Awards Friends of Roundhay Park recently won Platinum in the RHS Yorkshire in Bloom Open Spaces Awards for their submission of the Friends’ Garden – the highest award in their category, which covers C6 Parks, Gardens, Cemeteries & Public Buildings.

The aim of this category is to acknowledge the work that groups like the Friends put into improving the local environment, and awards are made based on a site visit by assessors from Yorkshire in Bloom.

Judges’ comments: The conversion from the original derelict site to the Friends’ Garden is an outstanding achievement. The plant selection is excellent as proved by the lack of distress in a difficult year. The natural methods of pest control are proving successful, with a natural balance having been achieved to maintain control. A cohesive and committed group of friends with a sense of direction and love both for the Friends’ Garden and Roundhay Park.

The Friends’ are currently developing an extension to the garden. This area includes a new bench in memory of member Jon Vogler BEM (1939 - 2017) who was an active member of FoRP, leading working parties for many years.

The Friends’ Garden is located at the end of Canal Gardens on a site made available by Leeds Parks in 2001. The small woodland garden was designed and built by the Friends. Construction was carried out entirely by FoRP volunteers with some help from The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and the garden was officially opened in July 2005.

The garden features in the 2019 Friends of Roundhay Park calendar, available from www.forp.org or their stall at Oakwood Market. All proceeds from the calendar will go toward protecting, preserving and improving the facilities and natural beauty of Roundhay Park for the enjoyment of all its users.

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Garden Round Up With Tracy Foster

A month to celebrate fiery autumn leaves, ripe apples, garden fires and Halloween

Dahlias

In the Kitchen Garden

This year I have enjoyed my Dahlias, especially as they carried on flowering right through September.

I particularly loved the dark starry flowered ‘Verrone’s Obsidian’.

Many crops need to be harvested before the first frosts arrive. These include carrots, beetroots, pumpkins and squashes.

Tomatoes that have refused to ripen in the garden or greenhouse can be brought indoors where they can continue to turn red in the warmth. You can speed things up by putting them in a bowl with a ripe banana.

When picking cabbages, try leaving the stalk stump in the ground and make a few cuts into the top with a knife, this can encourage a crop of tasty small leaves to appear.

Many crops need to be

This year I have enjoyed my Dahlias I particularly loved the dark starry flowered ‘Verrone’s Obsidian’

If your plants are growing in a warm sheltered spot, you could apply a thick layer of mulch and leave the tubers in the ground, although it is safer to bring them in to avoid all risk of frost. They have to be lifted with great care to avoid damaging them, then the leaves and stalks cut off close to the tuber and any loose soil shaken off. Next, rinse them and leave to dry before putting them into boxes or pots of dry compost and leaving them in a frost-free place until planting time arrives again in May.

harvested before the first frosts arrive.

These include carrots, beetroots, pumpkins.

Apples can be picked as soon as they are ready (they will come away easily once they are ripe) and it’s also a good idea to pick up any diseased ones off the ground and dispose of them so they don’t re-infect the plant.

A Few more Autumn Jobs This is a perfect time to order bare root trees, shrubs, roses and fruit bushes for planting.

It’s also a good month to move any trees and shrubs that are in the wrong place.

As perennial plants die back after the Summer they can look really tatty, so it feels great to get them chopped right back and tidied up. Some however have stiff stems and good structural seedheads, so I like to leave them in place to admire throughout the Winter.

Finally there may well be some flowers around to enjoy – look out for lovely Asters, Nerines and Chrysanthemums.

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THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST DIRECTED BY: DESIREE AKHAVAN STARRING: : CHLOË GRACE MORETZ, JOHN GALLAGHER JR, SASHA LANE, FORREST GOODLUCK, MARIN IRELAND, OWEN CAMPBELL, KERRY BUTLER, QUINN SHEPHARD, EMILY SKEGGS, MELANIE EHRLICH, JENNIFER EHLE CERT: 15 RUNNING TIME: 93 MINS 1993 is a foreign country: they do things differently there. No smart phones, no internet, no social media. It’s an even less connected world for Cameron Post, a teenager embarking on a brutal re-education - just because she’s gay.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post tells the story of an orphaned teen ousted by her family for having a romance with another girl. She’s quickly dispatched to God’s Promise, a religious conversion camp for kids ‘struggling with same sex attraction’. Initially the camp seems to offer a worthy and benign process of rehabilitation, but gradually Cameron questions the practical consequences of her spiritual therapy.

In our enlightened times, the prospect of sending a child away for conversion therapy seems blatantly unethical. But it happened, and it still occurs today, despite the process being dismissed by medical bodies as harmful and ineffective. The Miseducation of Cameron Post examines this problematic phenomenon through the lens of the early Nineties - the recent past where sex education was a hurried formality, support and information was less accessible and the everpresent threat of HIV carried a death sentence.

Desiree Akhavan’s adaption of the novel by Emily M Danforth is almost impatiently lean, offering a patchy assembly of key sequences and passing conversations. It lacks a steady narrative, yet its documentary-style of direction is compelling and succeeds in framing a series of coming-of-age vignettes between Cameron and her fellow inmates. This is the true focus of the film: a small collective of ill-fitting young people rejected by their relatives and social circles, yet brought together to form a new family and ethos of their own, albeit within a spiritual reform prison.

The concept borrows much from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, combined with the adolescent angst and anarchy of The Breakfast Club. Both explore the impact of confinement and the importance of group bonding, whilst climaxing with a revolt against flawed authority figures. In John Hughes tradition we even experience an unruly scene with kids dancing to Eighties rock on tables.

The film’s central performance comes from pint-sized Chloë Grace Moretz, providing an arresting if understated portrayal of Cameron Post. It’s a purposefully centred and naturalistic display, which is the whole point of her character; highlighting the irony that she’s just a normal kid. It’s actually the misguided intentions of her healers that are perverse.

The camp is run by Dr Lydia March, in a brilliant passive-aggressive turn from Jennifer Ehle. She’s assisted by her younger brother Reverend Rick, her first successful conversion case and one of the most intriguing studies in the film. John Gallagher Jr plays Rick as a genuinely well-intentioned if deluded guy, unknowingly demonstrating that he’s simply become conditioned, not cured, from his sexual orientation. He’s also a figure of ridicule, not least when a kid points out his Freddie Mercury moustache and earnestly whispers: “Can you believe he used to struggle with same sex attraction?”

The film offers plenty of dry gags like these, despite being a story beset with personal tragedy - peaking in a horrific breakdown which also acts as a dramatic catalyst for change. Yet despite some dark aspects, it’s also a genuinely optimistic experience. Akhavan avoids twisting the story into a polemic against religion or a grandstand for gay rights, choosing to simply evidence how times once were and how attitudes were destined to evolve. This is perhaps exemplified in a beautifully lingering shot of the group glancing back on their journey - implying they’re looking forward to the freedoms and values of the present day.

The only weak points come in too little backstory. Cameron’s romance is glimpsed through flashbacks or dream sequences, whilst the whole trauma of losing her parents has little to no development outside of few offhand references. Whilst this does give the film a swift start off the blocks, it also fails to fully develop its lead character, who remains something of an enigma.

A likely award-winner, The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a fascinating if uneven little film, which frames its subject with scrutiny and sensitivity.

Damning of conversion therapy yet sympathetic to those trapped within its mechanisms, this is a study highlighting how far society has come, and for some, how far we still have to go.

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Sound&Vision A Widescreen Weekend Festival in Bradford

discuss the importance of protecting the artistry of historic films. He will introduce ‘Lady and the Tramp’, restored from 64-year-old Cinemascope negatives and magnetic sound masters.

Hollywood VFX Artist Carin Anne Strohmaier will introduce a screening of ‘Contact’ (1997), which she worked on with director Robert Zemeckis. Her event is part of the festival’s focus on Women in Widescreen, which will take a closer look at female representation in film, both on and off-screen. Guest speakers include broadcaster/ journalist, Samira Ahmed; Dr Eileen Rositzka, researcher at the Cinepoetics Center for Advanced Film Studies, Berlin; Annabel Grundy,

The National Science and Media Museum’s annual Widescreen Weekend Festival runs from 11th – 14th October, featuring special guests, classic films, blockbusters, restorations, and anniversary screenings galore, all showing in widescreen format, thanks to the museum’s unique cinema facilities.

Major Programmes Manager at Film Audience Network; and Melanie Iredale, Deputy Director of Doc/Fest.

Pictured: Once Upon a Time in the West’

The festival opens with a fiftieth anniversary screening of Sergio Leone’s classic Spaghetti Western ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ (1968).

It launches a strand of Westerns selected by cinema historian Sir Christopher Frayling, including a three-strip Cinerama screening of ‘How the West Was Won’ (1962), ‘Forty Guns’ (1957), and the Coen brothers’ ‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007).

‘Funny Girl’ (1968), which made Barbra Streisand a star, will be introduced by comedian and actress Maureen Younger.

Other special guests include Theo Gluck, Walt Disney Studios’ Director of Library Restoration and Preservation, who will

Celluloid Saturday (13 Oct) is dedicated to film on celluloid and the skill of projectionists. A mix of classic, cult and critically acclaimed movies feature, including: ‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon’ (2000), ‘Wuxia’ (martial heroes); ‘Flatliners’ (1990); ‘Deaf Mute Heroine’ (1971); and ‘Year of the Dragon’, Michael Cimino’s 1985 gangland action adventure.

Other films showing include François Truffaut’s ‘Jules et Jim’ (1962), ‘Grand Prix’ (1966), Billy Wilder’s ‘The Apartment’ (1960), and ‘It’s Always Fair Weather’, starring Gene Kelly, with an introduction by film score composer Gary Yershon.

For full details, visit www. scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ widescreen-weekend

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Hannah Trigwell

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I’m a singer songwriter form Leeds and I make guitar driven pop and emotional stripped back acoustic tunes”, says Hannah Trigwell.

Such a summary does not capture the scale of her accomplishments. Before 2014 Hannah was another voice in the busking collage that is Briggate on a sunny afternoon, but well-crafted songs, an engaging attitude, and a bit of social media savvy catapulted her (unexpectedly) to the top of the charts in Laos, Vietnam, and Mongolia, a feat she has repeated with her latest album ‘Red’ which went straight in at No.4 in the album charts in Malaysia.

Playing in Leeds on her final UK tour date before heading to Europe, Hannah reveals that this is the only show she is nervous about. Her family and friends feature as subject matter in her new songs, alongside relationships, stalking, and the internet.

Hannah sings with confidence and control, drawing the listener in with every song before releasing them with the final cadence.

Her instrumental technique is accompanied by her use of technology. Loop pedals, pads, and a second microphone enable her to make the most of every song.

These techniques also appear on the album, with the single ‘Taboo’ taking on a very different feel from her usual acoustic sound.

“The sounds in that song are still guitar, just more heavily processed", said Hannah. "To do that song acoustically would have been fine, but I feel like its been brought to life in the way that we’ve done it.”

Hannah has stuck to her principles with the album, exercising complete creative control and

of singer songwriters comes in waves. rewarding her fans worldwide. “I don’t know if they just really like acoustic singer songwriters in Asia. Here their popularity comes in waves and right now it’s not very popular. It’s grime and synth pop that are really popular. There’s a big audience for singer-songwriters but it’s not necessarily here right now, but I’m sure it will come back.”

Hannah Trigwell maintains a YouTube channel where you can hear her songs, watch her videos, and follow her vlog.

Her new album ‘Red’ is available on Spotify.

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Sound&Vision Goth City 3: Season of The Witch Goth City, Leeds' goth cultural festival, returns from 11th – 21st October with top quality music, theatre, writing and art.

It celebrates the gothic and post-punk heritage of the city and of Yorkshire with gigs, clubs, discussions, spoken word, acoustic and social events at alternative venues, including Wharf Chambers, the Fenton, Bad Apples and the Fox & Newt, and featuring over 20 bands and performers.

This year’s headliners include goth legends Skeletal Family, pagan rock heroes Inkubus Sukkubus, and recently reformed '90s goth favourites Rome

Pictured: Skeletal Family Photo: Mel Butler Photography

Burns. Other notable acts are rising stars FEHM, the Sisters of Murphy, and Saigon Blue Rain from Paris.

All proceeds from Goth City Promotions events will be donated to PAFRAS (Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), a charity for destitute refugees and asylum seekers. Their work, which provides financial and practical support to destitute refugees, is vital in the current political and economic climate “We are delighted to have so many fantastic acts from around the UK and Europe playing at Goth City this year, as we continue to build a progressive and inclusive independent event that celebrates the past, present and future of Yorkshire gothic culture”, said Joel Heyes of Goth City Promotions.

“Goth City raised nearly £6,000 for PAFRAS during our first two years. We support the charity not only for their invaluable work but also because we feel it is important to root the festival in grassroots community activism. Funds raised at the event will fund a specific project providing therapeutic support to destitute women refugees. We have set a fundraising target of £3,000 to ensure that this project is fully funded.”

Tickets for the festival cost £35 and £20 for weekend tickets. Events are also priced individually. For full details of the line-up, visit www.gothcity.co.uk

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Sound&Vision Live Music Listings October 2018 Mull Historical Society Mon 1 Oct, 7.30pm Brudenell Social Club. Multi-instrumentalist & song writing junkie Colin MacIntyre from the Isle of Mull More than just a local hero!

Jean Watson Collective Tues 2 Oct, 8pm at HEART, Headingley Jazz collective featuring Ed Jones, on sax & playing favourites from the Great American Songbook.

Col3trane 2 Oct, 8pm Belgrave Music Hall. £11. Col3trane combining RnB & Soul in a stunning new style. Relatable & raw.

S. Carey Wed 3 Oct, 7.30pm Brudenell Social Club. £15.40. Best known as drummer & supporting vocalist of Bon Iver. His music is restful & rhythmic, complex & simple & always evolving.

Fatherson Thurs 4 Oct, 7.30 at Hyde Park Book Club. £8.80. 4-piece alternative / indie band from Glasgow making waves in Scottish music scene.

Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip Fri 5 Oct, 8pm at HEART Headingley. £15. 3-piece with growing national reputation. Interesting & unpredictable. Mix of Rock ’n’ Roll & dry Yorkshire wit unique.

Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood - With Animals Tour Sat 6 Oct at City Varieties. Celebrating 2nd album together. Mark best known as vocalist for Screaming Trees with a love for American folk & blues. Duke - a master bluesman – ‘London's leading exponent of wheezy broke-down blues.’

Three Trapped Tigers & The Physics House Band Sun 7 Oct, Brudenell Social Club. £13.

Mesmeric mix of menace & snarling riffs, interspersed with contemplative moments of reserve; & Brighton instrumental space/ math rock trio, who incorporate elements of 70s jazz fusion & electronica.

The Black Queen Mon 8 Oct at Brudenell Social Club £16. Greg Puciato's electronic outfit, also featuring Nine Inch Nails & Puscifer member Joshua Eustis & former Dillinger, NIN & Kesha tech Steven Alexander.

Lady Maisery Wed 10 Oct, 7.30pm at Carriageworks Theatre. £17. Hazel Askew, Rowan Rheinagans & Hannah James singing spellbinding a cappella & with accordion, harp & violin.

Traditional Irish Music Session Fri 12 Oct, 9.15pm at Old Kings Arms Horsforth.

Free. Hosted by Michael Tennyson (piano accordion) & Patrick Flannery (banjo) Blás Sat 13 Oct, 9pm New Headingley Club.

From Foxford, Co Mayo, dynamic young traditional Irish band. Pay What You Feel.

Bo Ningen Sun 14 Oct, 7.30pm Brudenell Social Club. £13. Japanese industrial rock delivering a mix of 60’s punk trash, 70’s Detroit dirt, 80’s New York art-rock & psychedelic post-rock.

Tom Robinson Power in the Darkness 40th Anniversary Tour Mon 15 Oct, 8pm Brudenell Social Club. £22. First performed at Rock Against Racism 1978 alongside Steel Pulse & The Clash. Band features Faithless drummer Andy Treacey, Adam Phillips on guitar, keyboard virtuoso Jim Simmons & Tom on bass &vocals.

Paul Daly & Grace Kelly Tues 16 Oct, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Traditional Irish Music with special guests. Flute player Paul Daly & Grace Kelly (outstanding tin whistle player) from vibrant Manchester Irish music scene. £3/£5.

Lisa O’Neill Wed 17 Oct, 8pm at Oporto Bar. £11. Am indie folk singer / songwriter from Cavan, Ireland.

The Coathangers Thurs 18 Oct, 8pm at Hyde Park Book Club. £9. A punky female trio from Atlanta, Georgia. Punk rock, hipshakin’ classic rock, soulful country ballads & golden oldies pop.

Novo Amor Fri 19 Oct, 7.30pm Brudenell Social Club. £13. Welsh alt-folk artist Ali Lacey singing beautiful, melancholy songs.

Buttons & Bows Sat 20 Oct, 7.30pm at Inkwell, Potternewton Ln. LS7 3LW. Influential foursome - made up of Jackie Daly, Séamus & Manus McGuire, & Garry O’Briain. Pay What You Feel

Her Fest Sat 20 Oct at Brudenell Social Club - full day packed with amazing female talent incl. Stealing Sheep & The Tuts. Tickets £8 from Ticketmaster.

Villagers Sun 21 Oct, 7pm at The Wardrobe. £19. 2010 Mercury Prize nominees fronted by Conor O'Brien present a brooding collection of fragile, emotional, dark & heartfelt songs blending acoustic, modern folk & alt-rock elements.

Freddie McGregor Tues 23 Oct, 7pm The Wardrobe. £22. Internationally acclaimed singer, equally adept as romantic crooner or emissary of strong, cultural messaging.

One of Reggae’s greatest singers alt-J Tues 23 Oct at Leeds Town Hall.

Tickets: £39.75 from 376 0318 & online at leedstownhall.co.uk Tuesday Night Live: Anita Collins 23 Oct, 8pm Headingley HEART. £3/£5. Singersongwriter & multi-instrumentalist. Sings in a variety of styles, including folk & Americana.

MOJAH Thurs 25 Oct, 9pm at Sela Bar, New Briggate. For fans of soul & rock classics, blues, jazz & REGGAE! Some of the best musicians in Yorkshire Soul II Soul: 30th Anniversary Tour Fri 26 Oct, doors 7.30pm Leeds Town Hall. Tickets: £28 - £34 from 376 0318 or leedstownhall.co.uk Henri Herbert Sun 28 Oct, The Grove Inn piano playing phenomenon. Played pubs & clubs all over Europe before joining the mighty Jim Jones Revue. Now focusing on solo performances and songwriting. See ‘Henri’s Boogie’ on Youtube. Performed at SXSW Festival this year.

Boy Pablo Mon 29 Oct, 8pm Belgrave Music Hall. £16.50. Norwegian-Chileno singersongwriter, Pablo Muñoz. Often compared with the likes of Mild High Club, Yellow Days & Mac Demarco.

The Sheepdogs Tues 30 Oct, 7.30pm Brudenell Social Club. £11. Possibly hottest band in Canada, now signed with Atlantic Records.

Revel in the splendour created by three part vocal harmonies & heavy hitting dual guitar leads.

Eleanor Friedberger Wed 31 Oct, 8pm Headrow House. £12. One half of Chicago Indie-rock duo The Fiery Furnaces. Has released 4 solo albums of perfect Indie-pop.

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Wishbone Ash at Leeds Irish Centre Wishbone Ash remains one of the most enduring and popular bands in British Rock and they are coming to Leeds Irish Centre on Wednesday 31st October.

Pictured Felix Rabin

With millions of albums sold, their iconic twinguitar sound inspired bands from Thin Lizzy to Iron Maiden and produced such classic tracks as ‘The King Will Come’, ‘Throw Down the Sword’ and ‘Blowin’ Free’. Combining the old songs with new, they’re just as fresh and in demand, even after nearly 50 years on the road!

Their support act will be a fresh, new face for the British tour circuit, Felix Rabin, with his brand of blues rock. Félix is a young, French singer/songwriter and guitarist, who has been inspired by musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Pink Floyd. His style embodies these influences and the best of contemporary Rock.

He has played the Montreux Jazz Festival several times and is now taking on the rest of Europe!

Wishbone Ash’s year-long XLIX (49) multi-country tour is touring the UK for five full weeks, following appearances at festivals in Germany and several venues in Canada. There will be three shows in Yorkshire – Leeds, Whitby on 12th October, and The Picturedrome in Holmfirth on 16th November.

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Beauty and The Beast at The Carriageworks This year’s Carriageworks pantomime is a funfilled production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, which runs from 23rd November – 31st December.

The leading role of Belle will be played by Sapphire Elia, best known for her roles as Mia Macey in ‘Emmerdale’ and Claudine Cameron in ‘Britannia High’. Joining her will be Leeds panto favourite Jez Edwards playing Philippe Philoppe. Jez is one of the most popular stars of the Carriageworks’ panto and this will be his tenth year at the theatre.

“I’m proud to be asked back so many times”, said Jez. “Panto is all about family which is why I love it so much. My family Christmases used to be about going to the panto every year – so to

be able to recreate that for other families is very special.”

Andrew Haynes played the King in last year’s Jack and the Beanstalk. This year he will play Professor Crackpot.

Joe Standerline will be the Dame, and the evil role of Hagwitch will be played

by Barbara Jeason.

Tickets for Beauty and the Beast can be booked on 0113 376 0318, online at www. carriageworkstheatre.co.uk or in person at the City Centre Box Office, Leeds Town Hall.

Leeds Jewish Free School “Second highest percentage of students achieving GCSE grades 9-5 including English and Maths across Leeds Schools�

A School which offers an outstanding educational provision with high academic standards, a strong moral ethic, a joy of learning, high aspirations and an expectation to contribute to the local community. This is underpinned by our strong Jewish ethos and an innovative educational model. We believe our small class sizes and balanced curriculum help develop a wide range of skill sets ensuring stability and flexibility of learning.

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Younger Life Academic Success Propels Roundhay

A huge improvement in student progress is expected to put Roundhay School among the country’s best performers when league tables are announced later this year.

According to Headteacher Matthew Partington, the predicted Progress 8 score of 0.38 should place it in the top 25% for progress. Last year, the school scored an average of 0.04 for Progress 8, the preferred Government measure which demonstrates the difference a school makes to the average student between Key Stages 2 - 4.

“The progress score is a huge improvement and we were delighted by an excellent set of GCSE and sixth form results”, said Mr Partington, who joined Roundhay in January 2017. “This year’s sixth form matched the high academic standards we have set. We have outstanding A-level teaching – matching our Ofsted status.”

The school recently confirmed that 76% achieved grades four to nine in English and Maths and 53% achieved five and above in both, significantly above the national average.

And, its A-level and vocational scores put it in the top quarter of all schools nationally. A high number of students have accepted places at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group universities.

“We have had outstanding individual performances”, said Sarah Billinge, Director of Sixth Form. “The majority of students secured their first choice university, and a number have achieved places on competitive courses such as Medicine.”

Roundhay School will host an Open Morning on Saturday, 29th September (9.30am – 12.30pm) for prospective Year 7s, Sixth Formers, and their parents.

Spooky Things are Afoot at Skelton Grange Environment Centre!

On Sunday 28th October, witches and wizards, young and old, are invited along for some family fun on an interactive trail around Skelton Grange Nature Reserve. There will be seasonal favourites like apple bobbing, craft activities, mini games and challenges with a hint of Halloween spookiness. And, your autumnal adventure will end at a campfire with pumpkin stew and witch’s brew!

On 31st October and 1st November, events take a more sinister turn…. Strange sightings, missing people and terrifying noises have been reported – what is really going on at Skelton Grange Research Centre? Join them for a deadly serious evening of interactive adventure. Small groups will head into the darkness where they might find disturbing evidence of sinister goings-on.

This is an exciting, if rather scary, evening of interactive adventure for groups of friends or families with older children. You will be led to a dark, outdoor trail…however, there are very likely to be zombies in the area and other alarming experiences!

All funds from these events go to support the work of The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre.

The charity helps people to improve local places, their health and wellbeing by being outdoors, active and connected with others.

For tickets and more information, contact 0113 2430815 or skelton@tcv.org.uk, www. tcv.org.uk/skeltongrange

Barwick Girl Guides Need Volunteers Barwick Girlguiding is urgently looking for new volunteers to help it launch a brand new programme Girlguiding has undergone the biggest overhaul in its 110-year history, reflecting the diversity of girls and modern life in the 21st Century. There’s a set of 800 new badges and activities to help equip girls to take on the world, develop their interests, skills and confidence, accept new challenges, and have fun with their friends. Six themes – know myself, express myself, be well, have adventures, take action and skill for my future – the new programme includes badges such as mixology, campaigning, media critic, space and charities.

Girls aged five to 14 attend Barwick Rainbows, Brownies and Guides and there is a waiting list! Now Barwick is looking for people to help lead its groups. “We have amazing training and support programmes, including first aid and safeguarding, and new volunteers are assigned a mentor”, said Leader Susan Greaves. “Volunteering is not just about campfires and helping girls to get their next badge. It’s about empowering girls and giving them experiences. It’s about being a role model and there are lots of opportunities whatever your skills or interest.”

Working with young people and other volunteers helps develop valuable, transferable skills like event planning, time management, leadership skills and budgeting. You can choose the volunteer role that matches your skills and time. Then Girlguiding will help you build skills with training opportunities suited to your role that will make your CV stand out.

For further information, call 0800 169 5901 or visit www. girlguiding.org.uk./get.involved

E X C I T I N G T H IN G S D O T O T H IS HALF TERM L IN E E D S

A SELFISH GIANT & A CHIT CHAT SHOW The Carriageworks Theatre always has a great programme for children at Half Term.

the ‘The Chit Chat Chalk Show’ on Tuesday 30th October. The perfect treat for three to eight year olds.

On Monday 29th October, ‘The Selfish Giant’ promises to be a treat not to be missed! The classic tale by Oscar Wilde has been reimagined for the stage in this magical adventure for the whole family.

It is guaranteed to excite theatregoers, especially those aged three to seven.

Tickets available from 0113 376 0318, carriageworkstheatre.co.uk

‘The Chit Chat Chalk Show’ follows Kiko, a confused young girl struggling to understand how she feels about the strange new world she lives in. With the help of her quirky new friends, she embarks upon a quest to discover the mixture of emotions and colours that make her unique – anger, jealousy, happiness and many more. Join the wonderful characters in discovering them all and help Kiko on her journey in

Wed 5 – Sun 9 Dec

Written, directed and designed by Michael Fowkes

Perfect Christmas treat for aged 2+ and their families

PLAN IT! DESIGN IT! BUILD IT! The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford is creating an October half term experience like no other as it teams up with the hit CBBC programme ‘The Dengineers’ to take a closer look at the show and how it plans, designs and builds amazing dens.

and tackling engineering challenges.

From 20th October – 4th November, the museum will be exploring the kids’ DIY series through a host of free interactive and creative activities, including a visit by presenter Lauren Layfield on the 22nd October (free, booking required), who will introduce her favourite dens and reveals a few behind-the-scenes secrets.

Full details available at www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk

One of the most popular programmes on CBBC since it first aired in 2015, ‘The Dengineers’ gives viewers the chance to design and build the den of their dreams, assisted by presenters Lauren and Joe Tracini, along with a team of experts.

Over October half term, visitors will use the show’s template of planning, designing and building for a range of interactive workshops and demonstrations, including 3D modelling, choosing the best materials

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The museum will also present THE BIG IDEA ENGINEERING SHOW, which looks at designing, building and creating in fun and inspiring ways.

LOADS OF FUN WITH LEEDS MUSEUMS & GALLERIES Leeds Museums & Galleries have a fantastic variety of activities lined up for Half Term.

Make art inspired by the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci at Leeds Art Gallery (29 Oct – 4 Nov). On 27th October (2 – 4pm) join in Teen Halloween Special FX make up (13+) at Abbey House Museum with a professional make-up artist.

Learn how to apply special effects makeup. And, build like a beaver, nest like a bird or construct like a termite at Crafty Creatures at Leeds City Museum (30 Oct – 2 Nov, 10am – 12 noon & 1 – 3pm).

Leeds Industrial Museum is Putting the Happy in Halloween (30 Oct – 1 Nov, 12.30 – 3pm). Discover real Halloween stories with witches from the Leodis Pagan Circle. Craft sessions include jack-o’-lantern and willow wand making.

And, make luxury oat milk bath bombs with herbs from the autumn harvest.

It's Orchard Week at Thwaite Mills Watermill from 27th October. Celebrate Apple Day with a treasure hunt and other family fun. Get arty with apples (30 Oct, 1–3pm), make erupting apple-canos (1 Nov, 1-3pm) and get creepy with Halloween crafts on 31st October, 11am–3pm.

Lotherton Hall has prepared a Spooky Scarecrow Trail (27 Oct – 4 Nov) that’s spookier than last year, with a scary walk through the haunted woods. Visit new Skeletown and see the scary side of the Wild West. Creepy craft activities every day.

There’s a Spooky Spooktacular at Temple Newsam on 31st October (5 – 8pm, last admission 7.15pm). Visit the haunted house and fiendish farm. Tour the house and hear tales of spooky residents. Try spooky crafts, collect terrifying treats and dress up for the occasion! Booking advisable - £25 family, £10 adult, £5 children.

Not So Scary Scarecrow Trail (30 Oct – 4 Nov) at Kirkstall Abbey. A hunt for some not so scary Halloween scarecrows! Suitable for all ages.

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

OPEN MORNING Saturday 13 October 9am – 12 noon

Join us for our annual showcase event.

Enjoy a tour, take part in the many activities on offer, see our sports teams in action and talk to staff and students.

0113 229 1552 | admissions@gsal.org.uk

ROYAL ARMOURIES HOST GHOSTHUNTER TOURS & WORLD WARS WEEK

On Friday 26th October, the agents of F.A.R.T. will need your help to stop Leeds being sucked into a cosmic worm-hole. They will be scouring the museum galleries for psychically charged objects that must be exorcised. Join the search party and save our city! Apply to join the Fantasm and Apparition Research Team (you must be aged between five and 12) via the website.

Fun, interactive tours at 5.30pm & 7pm. Tickets cost £5 per participant (1 free adult per child, extra adults £3.50) Part of the national Museums at Night festival.

Book online www.royalarmouries.org Saturday 27th October – Sunday 4th November is World Wars Week. Meet characters from both World Wars as they recount their experiences through dramatic performances, storytelling and combat demonstrations. Outside there’ll be a full-size Spitfire, the most famous plane of the Second World War, and assorted military vehicles.

Open daily 10am – 5pm. Free museum admission. www.royalarmouries.org

National museum of arms and armour

World Wars Week

Saturday 27 October – Sunday 4 November

Bringing history to life Character performances | Storytelling Combat demonstrations | Crafts Military vehicles & a full-size Spitfire Open daily 10am – 5pm / Free admission Find us at Leeds Dock / LS10 1LT

www.royalarmouries.org

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Leeds University Staff Walking Club

Alwoodley Walkabout Group Walks locally & farther afield, long & short, weekdays & weekends. Everyone welcome. Details: John jhn.wtsn@gmail. com

Badminton Club meets at Alwoodley Community Association, The Avenue, Mon from 9pm & Wed from 8.30pm. New members welcome. Details: Anne Lindop 07779 128 431, anne@lindop.org

Chapel Allerton Badminton Club Wed,

organises country walks (5-14 miles) every weekend. Everyone welcome.

Details: David Shaw 285 7480, d.c.shaw@ leeds.ac.uk

Moor Allerton Snooker Club Stonegate Rd LS17 6EL (opp. fire station). Snooker players for social & league play welcome. 2 tables & bar open every evening. Details: John Stancliffe 294 9327

Alwoodley Art Group meets Thurs, 7.30pm at The Community Centre, The Avenue, LS17 7NZ. Demonstrations, workshops & a friendly atmosphere. New members welcome. Details: Tony 225 1546 www.alwoodleyartgroup-leeds.com

Chapel Allerton Snooker & Social Club

Lace & Craft Group meets Fri, 2 – 5pm

19 Town St. LS7 4NB. Four competition class snooker tables, food nights, live music events, games & competitions all year. Social membership from £5 pa.

Details: 345 1107, www.thecaclub.webs. com or Facebook

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Stainbeck Art Club meets 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm at Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. 9 Oct: Practical/workshop/ greeting cards with Kathleen Eyre; 23 Oct: Chinese Brush Painting, landscape: Anne Allen.

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.

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A further 21 fruit trees will be planted on 21 Oct. New members welcome. Details: Chapelallertoninbloom@gmail.com

Friends of Chapel Allerton War Memorial have come together to improve & maintain the memorial & immediate environment & to provide a special Remembrance Week for the 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI. They would welcome your support & involvement - especially serving/ex Services. Details: Jenny 269 7211, Damian 07913 652676

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Leeds Photographic Society meets Tues, 7.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd, LS8 1JN. New members welcome. Details: www.lps1852.co.uk Leeds RSPB Group Weds 17 Oct, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Ln, LS2 9DX, a talk by photographer John Gardner on ‘Wild Life, Wild Places’, introducing wide range of his photography from all over the world.

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Kaleidoscope Social Group holds club nights Wed, 8pm at the Lawnswood Arms. The singles social group meets across North Leeds for meals out, visits, concerts, games nights etc. Don’t be lonely - go along to their club nights & make new friends. Details: Rita 217 1747 Leeds Greenpeace Events at Belgrave Music Hall, Cross Belgrave St, LS2 8JP. Tues 16 Oct 7pm: Free screening of ‘How to change the World’ - history of Greenpeace; Fri 19 Oct: Greenpeace Gig -Lots of Indie Rock; Sun 21 Oct: Free event, 2 – 6pm – political green talks, plastics workshops, forest campaign launch & film ‘TAWAI - A voice from the forest’. 7 – 8:30 pm Green Pub Quiz

National Trust Leeds Association Tuesday Talks Held 2nd Tues 10am St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. 9 Oct: ‘Children’s Favourites 2’ with Malcolm Johnson; 13 Nov: ‘Chippendale Furniture’ with James Lomax, Formerly Head Curator at Temple Newsam; £3. Details: secretary@leedsnt.org.uk, membership: membership@leedsnt.org.uk/ 225 1166

National Veg Society 9 Oct, 8pm at Paxton Hall, Kirkstall Ln, Headingley, LS5 2AB. Chairman David Allison will present ‘Autumn Harvests of Fruit & Veg’. Free.

Leeds & Harrogate Social Club weekly Tuesday club nights in Foley’s Bar (corner of Headrow & East Parade), 8.30pm on the balcony. Full calendar of events – theatre, walks, badminton, films, meals, bookgroups, weekends away. Details: enquiries@leedsivc.org.uk

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Leeds Horticultural Society meets 6 times a year, 8pm St Chad’s Centre, Far Headingley. 2 Oct: Peter Williams - Unnatural gardening. 6 Nov: Don Witton - Once seen never forgotten.

Membership £10pa/ couple £15. All welcome. Details: Pat 225 0030, Viv 267 3880

Rotary Club of Roundhay meets most

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Mondays, 7.30pm at Sandmoor Golf Club, Alwoodley Ln, LS17 7DJ (except bank holidays & special occasions). Although membership is, ultimately, by invitation, anyone interested in joining should contact the Secretary on 0113 266 6203.

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Shadwell Horticultural Society meet 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm in Methodist Church, Main St. LS17 8JF for interesting talks on gardening topics. Details: Teresa 268 8231

Paxton Hall, Kirkstall Ln, Headingley LS5 2AB. David Allison will talk about growing better fuchsias & pot plants. Visitors welcome – free.

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MUSIC Cantabile Chamber Choir Small, friendly chamber choir in Chapel Allerton. Broad repertoire & regular performances.

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Leeds Folk Fiddle Group Rehearses Thurs 7pm at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, LS2 9BN. Ffriendly group of folk musicians with broad repertoire & regular performances. Suitable for classically trained players of all ages above Grade 4 standard. Enquiries from new violinists & other instruments welcome. Please arrange informal audition to join. Details: leeds.violin@ gmail.com Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at Lidgett Park Methodist Church Hall, Lidgett Pl, LS8 1HG. All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

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SPIRITUAL SENIORS Animal Blessing Service Sun 21 Oct, 2pm Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4.50 friendship & chat. Transport can be provided.

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at Rawdon Parish Church St Peter. You are warmly invited (with or without pets) to this Service Companion animals welcomed into the church for a Blessing within the Service. Please ensure the safety & control of your animals. BSL interpreter attending. Details: 250 2208, roslynelsmith@aol.com

Don’t Act Your Age a social improvisation group for the over 50s, meets Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. No experience necessary. £6 per session. Details: Ron 266 7722

Volunteer with Older People Moor Allerton Elderly Care (MAECare) works with older people in LS17, helping to reduce social isolation & improve quality of life. They need volunteers (aged 16+) to help with friendly visits, offer help at groups & activities or provide occasional lifts. Expenses (incl mileage or fares) are offered. Details: 266 0371, info@maecare. org.uk, www.maecare.org.uk

Roundhay Tea & Chat Club meets Tues afternoons, just off Street Lane. Varied programme of speakers, music, meals out & theatre, but mainly opportunity to socialise & make new friends, Current membership age 70 - 96. Details: Carole 07808 030 702

Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre Open Day (22 Wetherby Rd, Oakwood, LS8 2QD) Sat 3 Nov, 12 – 4pm.

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Taster meditations & refreshments.

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Leeds Coeliac Group offers advice & support to those medically diagnosed with Coeliac disease & who have to follow a strict gluten free diet. Details: leedscoeliacgroup@btinternet.com

RVS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours for over 60s in Chapel Allerton. Friendly trips, events & clubs, incl. model making (Tues 3pm, 45 Potternewton Ln), Games Group (Wed 2pm, Chapel Allerton Methodist Centre), Singing (2nd & 4th Mon, 1am Inkwell), monthly meeting with entertainment (1st Tues 2pm Methodist Centre). Details: Stephanie or Dan, 887 3596/ 07876 745627

Leeds Samaritans Confidential, nonjudgmental 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

Specifically for people with dementia & their carers. Open 1st Wed each 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.

Leeds Geological Association Thurs 11 Oct, 7.15pm in Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Leeds University. Lecture: ‘Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis &volcanoes’ by Prof Bill McGuire, University College, London. Visitors welcome. Details: www. leedsga.org.uk Live from the British Library Mon 22 Oct, 7pm Leodis Room, Leeds Central Library, 3rd Floor. Historian & broadcaster Michael Wood on ‘Why the AngloSaxons Matter’ – fascinating stories of men & women, kings & peasants & the beginnings of English literature, poetry, art & England itself. Free but booking required.

National Trust Leeds Association Popular series of talks on 2nd Tues of month,10am at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley, starts 9 Oct with ‘Children’s Favourites’ by Malcolm Johnson. Adm. £3. Details: 225 1166, secretary$@leeedsnt.org.ull, membership@leedsnt.otg.uk/

Sea Fever Thurs 25 Oct, 6.15pm at Leeds Central Library. Storyteller Matthew Bellwood brings to life a raft of tales inspired by the sea - featuring crossdressing cabin boys, giant sea serpents, underwater tunnels & mermaids. A voyage to the bottom of the ocean from the Local & Family History Department.

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TALKS The History of Book Illustration Wed 24 British Thyroid Foundation Wed 31 Oct,

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Housing Scandal’, followed by a discussion with a panel. Tues 6 Nov. Dr Gabriella Alberti, University of Leeds, will talk about ‘Precarious Work’. £4 on door.

7.30pm at Harrogate Ladies College, Clarence Drive, HG1 2QG. Speaker: Dr Peter Hammond, Specialist in Diabetes & Endocrinology. Free but donation to BTF welcome. Details & to book: 288 6393

Café Economique Tues 2 Oct,7.30pm at Seven Arts, 31a Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton, LS7 3PD. Screening of ‘Dispossession —The Great Social

Oct, 12 noon -2pm Leeds Central Library, Leodis Room, 3rd Floor. Explore the fascinating history of book illustration, from illuminated manuscripts & medieval woodcuts to science journals & children’s stories. Examples will be on display. Free, drop in event but please register interest.

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Alwoodley WI meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm 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: Facebook/ Alwoodley WI

St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd, LS8 1JN. Varied mix of speakers & activities plus several social groups (day & evening) in between monthly meetings. Visitors £4. Details: Pauline 2686704, wiroundhay@gmail.com, Facebook

MISC/ EVENTS 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

Darling Roses WI Meets 2nd Sat, 11am 3pm at St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate Rd, LS17 7BZ. Learn new skills, meet new friends, get involved in your community & have lots of fun. Details: debbie@ darlingroseswi.org / Facebook

Voluntary Action Leeds Meeting Rooms New, refurbished meeting & events spaces. Modern & affordable. All income goes towards supporting small groups & charities in Leeds. Rooms vary in size & can seat up to 40 people. All include a projector or smart TV. Also break out spaces. Details: 297 7920, www. valyouleeds.co.uk

An Evening of Clairvoyance Wed 24 Oct, 7 - 9.30pm at Muir Court, Sagar Pl. Headingley LS6 3AP. Adrian Clarke, one of Yorkshires top mediums & psychics is back by popular demand. Admission £12 includes refreshments. Proceeds to PDSA

Ceilidh Dance Sat 6 Oct, 7 – 10pm at St Martin’s Institute, St Martin’s View, Potternewton LS7.3LA. Live music from The Assumption Band. £10 per adult incl. light supper /1 accompanied child free, 3 or more £5 extra. Details: 262 4271, www. stmartinleeds.org.uk

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