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Jeff Nuttall in Leeds, by Paul Whittle

Paul Whittle writes about Jeff Nuttall’s time in Leeds, described by Michael Horowitz as “a catalyst, perpetrator and champion of rebellion and experiment in the arts and society.” Jeff Nuttall arrived in Leeds at the […]

Róisín Bán by Ian Duhig

You may remember an article Chris Nickson wrote for us awhile ago, Leeds, Motorway City of the Seventies. The poet, Ian Duhig, wrote Róisín Bán about the Irish workers that the M1 brought up and  the singer

Q & A with Michael Yates by Halima Mayat

Halima Mayat interviews Wakefield-based poet, writer and playwright, Michael Yates, for this week’s Big Bookend blog. Why did you decide to write a play about Branwell Bronte? I have a friend Colin Lewisohn who directed a

Forgotten Leeds: Martin Bell by Paul Whittle

Forgotten Leeds – a mini-series of short introductions to three little-known figures connected to Leeds by birth and/or their work here in the city – part three: Martin Bell (1918-1978) – the forgotten poet: Originally

On Happiness and Unhappiness by Richard Smyth

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This week, Richard Smyth examines the interplay of happiness and unhappiness in literary work, and what draws people to read melancholic writing. I’m writing this on the International Day of Happiness. Happiness has a complicated

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