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Poet of everyday insight is included in collection
Women Writers of the Year 2013 United Press, £7.99 He drags her lifeless body, her bloodied battered shell Back into the darkness and here begins the hell.’ The unforgettable crimes of the Yorkshire Ripper more than 30 years ago influence one
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Dive into the New Yorker for 40s gems
This week, Mike Sansbury, of The Grove Bookshop in Ilkley, reviews The New Yorker Book of the ‘40s; Story of a Decade, edited by Henry Finder, William Heinemann, £25 (hardback) If ever a magazine can be said to epitomise the sharp-witted journalism
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Olivia designs an Otley Carnvial success
Full details about this year's Otley Carnival can now be found in the event's freshly printed programme. The booklet, which lists the full schedule of attractions the town can expect on Saturday, June 21, is on sale at Otley Library and many local
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Institute - Slick choreography and sets enlighten play’s mind games
Institute Gecko Theatre Group West Yorkshire Playhouse Filing away, Martin mutters to himself in a Kafka-esque environment of uniformed ceiling high cabinets. With a vast empty centre stage, we appear to be in a warehouse but nothing is
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The Halle - Rhapsody is an energetic finale
The Halle St George's Hall Bradford Popular Halle guest conductor Cristian Mandeal chose to open this last concert of the 2013/14 Bradford season with music from his homeland. Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No 1 is one of its composer’s most
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Scalakids put on a show in just one week
Young thespians will be pulling out all the stops to put on a ‘show in a week’ at Yeadon Town Hall. Children from Scalakids Performing Arts will begin rehearsals on Sunday and will stage two live shows less than a week later on Friday, May 30 and
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John Lill - First standing ovation in 68 years after amazing concert
John Lill Ilkley Concert Club The King’s Hall, Ilkley At the end of the evening there was a standing ovation; that has never happened before in these concerts and they have been going since 1946! And it wasn’t as if the programme set out
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Patsy Matheson - Edginess adds to an impressive folk set
Patsy Matheson Korks Wine Bar, Otley Patsy scowled and turned to face the bar. Oblivious, in incongruous stilettos the two women continued their hushed conversation. Patsy would sort them out in the break with a few well chosen words but they
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Funny yet poignant story of Jewish drag queen Arnold's search for love
Next month there will be a four-night performance of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy in the Wildman Studio from June 24-27 at 7.30pm. A funny and poignant personal story, it chronicles torch song-singing Jewish drag queen Arnold’s search
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Half of a Yellow Sun author at Ilkley Literature Festival event
Leeds Metropolitan University has joined forces with the Ilkley Literature Festival this year to present an evening with award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The event, on Friday, May 30, at 7.30pm in Kings Hall, Ilkley, will be chaired
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Manager Chloe set to leave Otley Courthouse
Otley Courthouse is preparing to bid farewell to its centre manager. Chloe Perry has announced she is leaving at the end of June to become head of operations and front of house at the Polka Theatre, in London. The move comes six months after
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Magical puppetry tells story of nature at Otley Courthouse
A host of family-focused half-term activities will be held at Otley Courthouse next week. The fun starts on Bank Holiday Monday, May 26, when Mimika Theatre will be inviting the audience to step into their white dome and experience a magical, intimate
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Band leader and trumpeter Bill Sowerby was playing until last week
It is 14 years since Bill Sowerby took to the stage at Ilkley’s King’s Hall with his star-studded big band tribute to the genius of Count Basie and Glenn Miller. The concert was the last of Bill’s high-profile public performances, and brought an
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Menston Post Office plan under scrutiny
The Post Office is proposing to move Menston Post Office from its current location to create a modern open-plan local-style branch with extended opening hours. The proposed new location for the branch is Londis, at 52 Cleasby Road, Menston, which
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Deaf humour inspires film
A director and writer who grew up in a deaf family has made a film in sign language telling the tales of four deaf Yorkshiremen on a trip to Blackpool. Originally inspired by a Monty Python sketch, Charlie Swinbourne’s film Four Deaf Yorkshiremen
