In this week’s article, Kersten Hall tells us about Leeds-based physicist William Astbury, the unsung hero of DNA whom he writes about in his book The Man in the Monkeynut Coat. Sir Isaac Newton once famously declared […]
In February this year, Jon Silkin’s Complete Poems was published by Carcanet, following several years’ work by co-editors Jon Glover and Kathryn Jenner. Despite being well known during his lifetime as a poet, editor and
This month, Chris Nickson delves into the mystery of the disappearance of former Leeds resident, Louis Le Prince and what that could have meant for Leeds had he not vanished without trace. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the first moving
In advance of the Oluwale Partnership Symposium on 17 April, we publish Ian Duhig’s Via Negativa, remembering David Oluwale. Not circumcellion, beggar, gyrovague but Lagos Christian college boy. Not abbey-lubber but job-seeker. Not City of God but Motorway
In advance of the Oluwale Partnership Symposium being held at Leeds Beckett University on Friday 17th April, Ian Duhig remembers how he first came to hear about David Oluwale’s story and the mark it left on
This week we talk to London-raised author, Ricky Baxter, let loose in Leeds and discuss how moving up North has influenced his literary career, and his novel Gideon and the Crimson Samurai. What initially inspired you in
In 2013, the world met Don Tillman, Professor of Genetics. Don can remember every single cocktail recipe he has ever read, organises his meals according to a carefully worked out and optimised schedule, and has
Meet the Authors- Jonathan Geldert, The Thoughts of Chairmen Now Event date: Apr 21 2015 18:00 to 19:30 The Business Confucius Institute, Leeds University Business School, Maurice Keyworth Building, Room G.02 Jonathan Geldart has interviewed some of
Event date: Apr 18 2015 10:00 to 13:00 The Business Confucius Institute, Business School, Maurice Keyworth Building, 1.03, Leeds University This is a unique opportunity to get inspired by ancient objects from Leeds City Museum, using them
