Category Archives: Yorkshire Arts & Music
Yorkshire Rabbit or Hare You Go Sculpture
A budding young sculptress admires one of Sophie Ryders ‘Hares’ at Yorkshire’s sculpture park. The scale of yon hare makes you wonder how fast it could run and what whippet or lurcher could catch it! A giant rabbit attended the … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Master Voice – 1970’s & 1980’s Pop Music
Party thrash, heavy metal, hard rock and then there is pop music all found in Yorkshire. Continue reading
‘Live at Leeds’ – Yorkshire Pop Music in 1970’s
1970’s music is alive and well with many Yorkshire performers still touring and performing Continue reading
Yorkshire 1960’s Pop Singers and Clubs
The 1960′s was a great era for popular music and Yorkshire had a thriving club scene. 3 selected performers Arthur Brown, Joe Cocker and Dave Berry are still performing Continue reading
1950’s Yorkshire’s Pop Musicians
Hilton, Whitfield, Lang and Ryan, or Ronnie, David, Don and Marion make up Yorkshires quartet of 1950’s pop musicians Continue reading
Yorkshire Rocks – Musically
Sing it loud sing it proud, Yorkshire choirs are up there with the very best and no more so the Rock Up and Sing Continue reading
York Mystery Plays Your Chance to Visit 2012
What are the Mystery Plays The York Mystery Plays are a medieval cycle of the greatest stories ever told from Creation to the Last Judgment. These plays have been performed by the people of York across the centuries. They are … Continue reading
Smokie Gets in Your Ears
Do you sometimes end up with a song going around in your head for ages? Well join the club, the Smokie fan club in this case. Smokie Facts and History The original members, Terry Uttley, Alan Silson and Chris Norman … Continue reading
Yorkshire Culture 2011
It is only because I was sent details of these cultural events on the same day that I thought it worth posting them. Doubtless Sheffield, York, Hull etc will have similar claims to our evenings in the first half of … Continue reading
Hull Trucks New Talented Playwright Nick Lane
Nick Lane has been directing the Christmas Shows at Hull Truck Theatre in both the old and new premises for over 10 years. Recently Nick has continued to develop scripts after his autobiographic, comedy success with ‘My Favourite Summer’. Nick … Continue reading