Thought you knew about 1066? In this anniversary month, 950 years later, Chris Nickson tells us about its subsequent effects on Leeds and the region. In 1066, on October 14, King Harold took an arrow […]
As it gets nearer to publication, Leeds author June Taylor reflects on how it feels to finally get her debut psychological thriller, Losing Juliet, published as an ebook by HarperCollins Killer Reads. So there’s a
This article first appeared in the Yorkshire Post on 12 September 2016 and is reproduced by kind permission of Anthony Clavane. He is at Waterstones, Leeds on Monday 19th September talking about his new book
As we prepare for the opening of the retail spectacle known as Victoria Gate, Chris Nickson reminds us that 84 years ago, the largest department store that Leeds could have imagined opened its doors. Lewis’s.
Chris Nickson unearths some of the history of the forgotten Royal Hotel where some of his novel, Modern Crimes is set, featuring Lottie Armstrong, one of the first policewomen in Leeds. Leeds is a city
From Leeds to New Zealand and back again, debut novelist, Katherine Dewar, tells us about the inspiration behind her book, Ruby and the Blue Sky which launches in Leeds on Friday 15th July. Sometimes my writing
In the week that Alice Nutter’s play, the Barnbow Canaries is on at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Frances Brody shares a little of the history of the Barnbow workers and the sacrifices they made. On
Chris Nickson unearths a little read document from the 1890s that tried to understand the effects and causes of poverty in Leeds and elsewhere. Hypnotic Leeds. Hypnotic Leeds. That’s a pair of words with a
Chris Nickson tells us how Leeds women led the way, right from the beginning, in the fight for women’s right to vote. Yorkshire led the way in the 19th century fight for women’s suffrage. The
