Bringing it back home
And so here it is: the Local Survival Guide is an online resource designed to showcase the fantastic local gems on your doorstep and how to transact with them from a dist...
Episode One: Your New Favourite Binge
As a place that welcomes you into its world to forget the outside; where friends are made and thoughts are given space; a place to relax into and be entertained by; and w...
What makes a destination? Why we do what we do.
As one year ends and another begins, it is often a time for reflection. To gaze back at seasons past, at achievements, at regrets, and at where it has brought us in the p...
#LeedsByExample: Our City Does Us All Proud
There is no doubt that 2019 has been a year when many heavy topics have come to the forefront. Whilst much of this has resulted in online squabbles and real-life division...
Art United
Words: Andy McVeigh [twitter] @pantsdanny Image: The Burley Banksy ? The Adelites [twitter] @theadelites Andy McVeigh grew up in Rothwell, Leeds 26, during the 1970s. Aft...
Unique Independent Restaurants
Like most UK cities, Leeds’ high streets have a multitude of multi-present restaurants and coffee shops that are easy to fall into for lack of knowing where else to go....
Kirkstall: An Area Spotlight
Nestled on the eastern side of the River Aire sits the north-western suburb of Kirkstall. As we're reliably informed by Wikipedia, the name Kirkstall comes from the Old N...
Colour Hyde Park
The project entitled “Colour Hyde Park” comes from the team at the University of Leeds for Sustainability, who had the idea of bringing Leeds’ creative flair to an ...
An Unassuming Hero: A Look at Leeds Bridge
Leeds Bridge is that cast iron crossing south of the city centre straddling a scenic spot on the River Aire looking out to surrounding flats and distant skies. ...
Discover Leeds with us
This is a city that deserves to be showcased in all of its connecting glories. In print, online, and on the go, join us as we join the dots to discover the differences th...
Majestic! Channel 4 in Leeds
It’s been an unanswered Leeds question for many years many times. The one about that big lump of curved architecture on a city square street corner. That iconic space, ...
Who knew, Armley has been ‘storing’ a secret?
As a society, we are becoming increasingly more affluent. Although houses are becoming smaller, people are accumulating more and more possessions, with ultimately less sp...
How Leeds punches culturally above its weight
Leeds is a city built on cultural variety. It’s in our food, shops, music, style and even our patter. When you listen to our streets, the world talks back. Because of t...
Fun new ingredients from Kirkgate Market
Kirkgate Market has proudly been flogging food to the people of Leeds since the 19th century, and has become a central city landmark throughout.....
For the love of Leeds with Sam Barrett
Sam Barrett of Welcome Skate Store, Don’t Mess With Yorkshire and newly opened Tomorrow tells us his favourite places in Leeds. From the city centre to the suburbs, he ...
Happy New Year from Independent Life
Just like that, in the blink of an eye, we’re at the end of 2018. It’s at this time of year we all become a little nostalgic and reflect on the events of the past 12 ...
How to make a change and be a better person in 2019
At the beginning of every year nearly everybody vows to be a better person. From a new fitness regime and healthy diet to achieving career ambitions and financial goals, ...
2018 in Leeds: Your Favourite Places
So we asked our lovely social media friends and followers to tell us their favourite Leeds places of 2018 and the replies this time have a common theme: beer. Lots of it,...
The cosiest pubs for a Christmas pint
In the city centre there are several streets that warrant their own Leeds pub crawl. Whilst the likes of Call Lane and Merrion Street are filled with fine bars to stumble...
The Cosy and the Quirky: 7 Christmas Dinners in Leeds
Christmas is filled with traditions, no more so than in the food we eat. There’s the turkey roast dinner, the sprouts, the mince pies, the pigs in blankets, the Boxing ...
Leeds Eye View: Tatiana Hepplewhite
Here are Tatiana Hepplewhites @mydearyorkshire‘s snaps from around the city…...
World Taste Hunter
To get a flavour for what any city has to offer, you have to head to the markets. The multicultural Kirkgate Market has a mix of food stalls, cafes, and hip street food t...
Trust me, I’m an Estate Agent
In an industry that has traditionally been labelled with an unfavourable reputation, we like to search out the inevitable good guys; the Abel to the Cain; the exception t...
Domino: the spot for booze and jazz
In its first year, The Domino Club somehow became simultaneously the most hidden place in town and for many the most popular. ...
