The House with Chicken Legs author Sophie Anderson on the magical stage adaptation at Leeds Playhouse this month.

For a long time the bestselling children’s author didn’t think she would find an audience for her work, “I’d been writing for ten years, mainly for my own children, and purely for the love of it,” she says.

So when her YA novel The House with Chicken Legs was accepted for publication, and quickly became a hit, it came as something of a surprise.

The British Library and Leeds Art Gallery seek to co-commission an artis

Leeds People's Choir is a friendly, community, secular, non-auditioned choir. We meet Wednesday evenings at Swarthmore Education Centre, in central Leeds, at 7pm-9pm.

We sing to support causes and campaigns we believe in and to promote equality, justice, peace, and community. Our songs come from different countries and cultures, and we sing unaccompanied (acapella).

Our musical director, Jenny Goodman, is an experienced choir leader who runs very enjoyable and uplifting sessions.