Pulling the Wool Over Leeds, Part One by Chris Nickson
This month, Chris Nickson looks at how the fortunes of Leeds were built on the wool trade. Part Two follows next month. Leeds is built on wool. That’s something many of us learnt at school. […]
This month, Chris Nickson looks at how the fortunes of Leeds were built on the wool trade. Part Two follows next month. Leeds is built on wool. That’s something many of us learnt at school. […]
This month Chris Nickson tells us about a particular historical crime fiction writer who has greatly influenced his work – Candace Robb who also writes as Emma Campion. Chris will be in conversation with Candace at the Leeds Library on
The fascinating history of Leeds Bridge by Chris Nickson. Leeds Bridge – that one at the bottom of Briggate. We walk and drive over it all the time with hardly a second thought. But in
If you want to know more about the history of Kirkgate, Chris Nickson recommends the newly published A History of Kirkgate from earliest times to 1800. Blink and you’d have missed it but towards the end
Having a Dry January? Chris Nickson tells us about the Temperance Movement in Leeds and their efforts to create a teetotal society. The festive season is over, and after the excesses a few people might
Author A.J. Kirby gives us a tantalising glimpse of his soon to be published Leeds novel, The Lost Boys of Prometheus City, by Armley Press. Game of Thrones fans have been waiting impatiently since July
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
Leeds author June Taylor gives her top five editing tips, with five from her editor. Losing Juliet, her debut psychological thriller is published by HarperCollins Killer Reads as an ebook on 25 November 2016. My Five Tips 1.
Ever shopped at the Co-op? Chris Nickson tells us about the fascinating history behind this once great institution in Leeds. Everyone knows the Co-op. Chances are you’ve shopped there at one time or another. But