Alex Warren announces Finding (More) Family On The Road
GRAMMY® Award-nominated, chart-topping multi-platinum artist Alex Warren has announced a major run of outdoor shows across the UK and Europe for summer 2027, including a huge London headline show at Crystal Palace Park Live on Saturday 3 July.
Hits Radio Live 2026 - Birmingham Line-Up Announced!
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Yorkshire Voices Take Centre Stage As Ilkley Literature Festival Returns
The north's longest-running literary festival opens in less than a fortnight, with a third of this year's authors drawn from, living in or closely connected to Yorkshire. Ilkley Literature Festival 2026 has something for most tastes, with a programme that runs from Mesopotamian epic to natural cleaning.
Literary Icon Sir Ben Okri Talks About His New Novel And The Importance Of Storytelling In Challenging Times
It’s 35 years since Sir Ben Okri made a big splash in the literary world when he won the Booker Prize for Fiction with his acclaimed novel, The Famished Road. It made Okri the youngest ever winner of this prestigious prize at the age of just 32, catapulting him into the spotlight.
A Watch Ticks Towards Dawn In A Devastating One-Man War Story
Michael Morpurgo's tale of loyalty, first love and the shot-at-dawn soldiers of the Great War is harrowing, humane and, surprisingly, funny. Group Editor Andrew Palmer was among the Harrogate audience on its feet at the end. Before a word is spoken, Tommo Peaceful is already there.
Unpublished Women Writers Offered A Route To An Agent And £5,000
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For the unpublished writer with a manuscript gathering dust in a drawer, the Women's Prize Trust has just made the case for dusting it off. Its Discoveries prize and programme for 2027 opened on Tuesday 15 September, offering the winner representation from the Curtis Brown Group and a £5,000 bursary.
Leeds Heritage Theatres Welcomes Sophie-Jade Howell As New Youth Theatre Programme Director
A passionate youth theatre director and facilitator from Leeds, Sophie-Jade Howell (SJ) joins us from York Theatre Royal, bringing extensive experience working with young people across youth theatres, schools, community projects and professional theatre settings.
Bradford’s Ghostly Past Awakens With ‘Whispers In The Wool City’
Bradford city centre’s fascinating history will come to life this October as Bradford BID presents Whispers in the Wool City, a spine-tingling walking experience that combines ghost stories, local heritage and atmospheric animation.
There Was No Worst Of Times!
When dialogue is seamlessly brilliant and every nuance is delivered with perfection, it is not difficult to conclude that you have just watched something superb...and last night I did. Marlowe Theatre’s production of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, originally adapted for stage by Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud, was gripping from start to finish: absolute quality.
A Deal With The Devil Comes To York This October With Pop Yer Clogs Theatre’s Faustus
Pop Yer Clogs Theatre will return to Theatre@41 in York this October with its latest production, Doctor Faustus, running from 1st to 3rd October.
Leee John: Still Learning, Still Creating, Still Proud and Bold
Leee John is tired. Not tired enough to stop, though. “I’m a little bit tired, I’m a little bit…” he laughs, reaching for a phrase. “I’m sounding like Donny and Marie now — I’m a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll.” He has just performed the night before and has been flying around the place, with the constant changes in weather beginning to catch up with him.
Burlesque – The Borrowed Musical
Burlesque is one of those shows that lacks individuality, borrowing many of its component parts from everywhere else, before starting on a high and then, somehow, taking you on a slow route march to death.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park New Exhibition: Angela Harding: A Chronicle Of Birds And Beasts
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) welcomes acclaimed printmaker, illustrator and author Angela Harding back after 10 years with a new exhibition, A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts. The exhibition marks a significant milestone in Harding’s career and celebrates her status as one of the UK’s most recognisable and respected artists working in print today.
Mozart And Vivaldi Top The Classical Playlist In Hull This Autumn
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Mozart and Beethoven have been voted the top choice composers that Hull residents are interested in exploring or learning more about over the next 12 months, according to new research.
Two Journeys, One Wurlitzer: Engineer And Virtuoso Share Victoria Hall Console
Saltaire's Mighty Wurlitzer will host an unlikely double act on Sunday 11th October at 2.30pm, as a Royal College of Music-trained concert organist and the engineer who restored the instrument itself take turns at the console.
Fun-Filled Adventures As Raworths Family Literature Festival Returns To Harrogate
Raworths Family Literature Festival makes a welcome return to Harrogate this autumn with a fun-packed day full of exciting stories and workshops. This year’s Festival – part of Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival – takes place at The Crown Hotel, Harrogate, on 24 October with a whole host of special guests and family adventures.
Eighty Voices To Bring John Rutter’s Music To Marsden
Coro Amici will bring 80 voices and the music of John Rutter to St Bartholomew’s Church, Marsden, for a special concert in the Colne Valley. On Saturday 21 November 2026 at 7pm, the 80-strong mixed choir, drawn from across West and South Yorkshire, will perform at St Bartholomew’s — affectionately known as the Cathedral of the Colne Valley.
Cello Legend Julian Lloyd Webber Makes Rare Return To The Stage In Malton
World-renowned cellist to perform with wife Jiaxin Lloyd Webber at The Wesley Centre following his remarkable return to playing after 12 years. One of Britain’s best-known classical musicians, Julian Lloyd Webber, will make a rare return to the concert stage in North Yorkshire this autumn, performing alongside acclaimed cellist Jiaxin Lloyd Webber at The Wesley Centre in Malton.
east exchange: “We Love Writing Sad Songs”
Liverpool four-piece east exchange. have spent the past year turning cramped rehearsal rooms, freezing warehouses and relentless touring into the foundations of something much bigger. Childhood friends united by a shared love of ’90s grunge and melodic alternative rock, the band have quickly built a reputation for raw, emotionally charged songs and an equally energetic live presence.
Freya Ridings Shining Like A Pearl In Sheffield
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On her 2026 Mother of Pearl tour, Ridings strips things back to the essentials, allowing the songs and that remarkable voice to carry the evening. There is no need for excessive production or theatrical distractions; when she sat behind the piano, Sheffield City Hall belonged to her.
Calendar Girls Nomination Is No Surprise After Scarborough Triumph
A musical which opened at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre has been shortlisted for one of the UK theatre industry’s major awards - and having seen it on its opening run, I’m hardly surprised.
Mariah Carey returns to the UK for Christmas shows
Mariah Carey, the elusive chanteuse and best-selling female artist of all time, will bring the magic of Christmas to the UK this winter, announcing three spectacular arena shows in Birmingham, London and Manchester.
Live Review: Fancy Hagood at O2 Institute 3, Birmingham
Fancy Hagood has come a long way from the artist who first arrived on the scene under the name Who Is Fancy.
André Rieu - A New Show with Many Familiar Favourites
A new show, but one with many favourites from previous programmes, this was another enjoyable evening of music, humour and entertainment. The first half started with Rieu addressing the audience and reminding us that we were there to enjoy the music.
Albums: Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades
Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades Tracks: Basse Persuades, Different Religion ft. Model/Actriz, Let's Get Married, Orbit, Aftermath, REDLIGHTS, Neon Signs ft. Andrew Wyatt, Innocent Ways, Snow, Bass Persaudes Remixx ft.
Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos
There's real spark running right through the disc, and it comes as much from the partnership with the Britten Sinfonia as from Esfahani himself — urgent, alive, full of colour.
Listen once and you'll hear something new in music you thought you knew backwards. I certainly did, and I've been living with these concertos for the best part of forty years.
Classical Music: For Cello, By Cellists
The six pieces could hardly be more different from each other — some barely a few minutes of melody, others built from movement and gesture as much as sound — and yet what emerges is not six unrelated experiments but something closer to a group portrait: one instrument, caught from six entirely different angles.
Classical Music: Guys And Dolls
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London continue their survey of Broadway's golden age with Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls — and if any show in the catalogue merited this treatment, it is this one. It opened in 1950, ran for 1,200 performances and carried off the Tony for Best Musical, its book drawn from Damon Runyon's short stories of the 1920s and 30s: tales of gangsters, gamblers and Broadway lowlifes, told in a dialect entirely Runyon's own, in which formal, contraction-free English collides with the choicest New York slang.
Gen Z Sets Out Its Terms Of Engagement With Classical Music - As RPO Launches New ‘Revealed' Concert Format
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New research from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) suggests young people are increasingly interested in exploring classical music, but they want barriers to be removed from concert going, to make it more welcoming and accessible.
Albums: The Proclaimers - You May Offend
There is humour here, but it is rarely lightweight; beneath the wit sits a sharp eye for hypocrisy, politics, relationships and the absurdities of everyday life. The Reids remain masters of turning conversational language into songs that land with considerably more weight than their simplicity might initially suggest.