Start your lettering journey in a friendly, calming and informative face to face workshop and begin a life long love of lettering.

In this two hour workshop learn how to hold the brush pen, experiment with basic stroke drills using a pencil and brush pen. Then move on to create beautiful letters and finally link letters to create words.

suitable for beginners

includes a brush pen

course materials/workbook

card

personalised name card

gift tag

The knowledge and resources to continue to practice these new skills at home.

Catherine Strachan grew up in Aberdeen, where she benefited from a superb start to her musical education thanks to the local authority music service and local youth orchestras. Catherine studied modern and baroque cello performance with Myra Chahin and Alison McGillivray at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD), and followed this with an MA in baroque performance practice at the University of York.

Join us in Leeds this summer for this accessible, family-friendly 5km walk. Walk side by side with friends and family, and fuel life-changing dementia research. 

Every step brings us closer to a cure. Sign up today!

Enjoy a beautiful circular walk around the grounds of Harewood - recognised as being in the top ten most historic homes in the country. You'll pass through stunning woodland, open fields often filled with deer, and enjoy panoramic views, across the fish pond, of the house itself before crossing the finish line to claim your well-deserved medal.  

A rare chance to hear the music of the US band Steely Dan played live. The Steelers, a 9-piece band comprising musicians from around the UK, will perform a selection of timeless classics from such iconic albums as Pretzel Logic, The Royal Scam, AJA, and Gaucho.

2022 MG ALBA Musician of The Year nominee Ryan Young brings new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music, receiving international praise for his spell-binding interpretations on the fiddle. His debut album was recorded with four time GRAMMY winner Jesse Lewis (who has worked with the likes of Bela Fleck and Yo Yo Ma) and launched at Feakle Traditional Music Festival in County Clare, accompanied by renowned guitarist, Dennis Cahill (Martin Hayes; The Gloaming).

The Bridge is Cuba’s most internationally acclaimed guitar duo. With their musical empathy, Eduardo Martín and Ahmed Dickinson transform their concerts into a vehicle that connects, incorporates and juxtaposes their different generations; and the spiritual journey that drives their thrilling yet soothing performances.

Like many other Cubans or Caribbean, they enjoy a natural sense of rhythm. The guitar is their favoured instrument, which idiomatically conveys all the melodic and rhythmic intricacies of South America's cultural diversity.

co-adapted by Armando Iannucci

co-adapted and directed by Sean Foley

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear attack, a surreal race takes place, seeing the Government and one eccentric scientist scramble to avert global destruction.

Our regular Science Cafe returns once more with a veritable cornucopia of science. Each speaker has a quarter of an hour to talk, then you, the audience, take over. Whether you want to grill the speaker about generalities or pose a particular problem, the floor is yours. 

Our cafe is just the place to sample some new science - and something from the bar!

Students in fulltime education FREE

Watch out for the speakers being announced closer to the time!

By Jessica Bedford, Kathryn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast and Meghan Winch

Presented by Schoolhouse Productions 
One newbie and two self-professed Janeites, through almost all means imaginable, tackle the entire canon of Jane Austen’s works – in just 80 minutes.

Antonia Deeley (Flute) - Mouquet sonata for flute and piano and a Schubert Lieder - Das Fischermaidchen

Lucy Kilner (Flute) - Boulanger (notcurne and potentially the cortege), plus two movements of Prokofiev

Antonia and Lucy (As a duo) - Aus Du Heimat (Doppler), Furstenau Rondeau for two flutes and piano.

Please note that the programme might be subject to last minute change.