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Leeds, Leeds Star
10th April 2017
1 min read

April showers inspired quirky spring-themed advert

Canny companies have often employed the colourful imagery of the changing seasons to sell their products. And as this cute vintage advert for Trixie Umbrellas shows, the weather in particular can prove to be an excellent marketing tool. Tapping into the traditional idea that April is a month of unpredictable showers, the ad dates…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
7th April 2017
2 mins read

Thwaite Fete to welcome visitors for Easter extravaganza

One of the city’s most picture perfect attractions will be welcoming visitors to a spectacular new Easter showpiece next weekend. Thwaite Mills in Stourton will be hosting the first ever Thwaite Fete on Sunday, April 16, with the event set to feature an Easter egg trail, bonnet competition and the chance to meet the…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd April 2017
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For All Seasons- Embroidered picture

Embroidered and printed more than a century ago, this beautiful picture draws on classical art and poetry to depict the cycle of the changing seasons. Currently on display at Leeds City Museum the picture was created in 1913 and shows four flamboyantly-dressed women who represent a different season of the year. Influenced by the…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
31st March 2017
3 mins read

Enjoy the delights of Leeds Museums and Galleries this Easter

A feast of family-fun activities and events are set to light up Leeds Museums and Galleries this Easter. Fans of Alice in Wonderland are in for a treat as both Abbey House Museum and Lotherton Hall will be offering events inspired by Lewis Carroll’s timeless book from this Saturday (April 1). Enjoy creative crafts…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
27th March 2017
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For All Seasons- 70s summer dress

When summer finally arrives and the temperature rises, it’s not just the weather that brightens up. The merest hint of sunshine is usually the cue for us to shed our winter woollies and put on lighter, more colourful clothes. And that was certainly true for the tiny owner of this 1970s summer dress, currently…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
22nd March 2017
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Object of the week- Day of the Dead items

On display as part of an exhibition exploring the themes of death and dying, this selection of colourful mementos came to Leeds from Mexico’s vibrant Day of the Dead celebrations. Mexico’s world-famous festival sees families welcome back their dead on the 1st and 2nd of November, with special altars built at home, visits to…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
20th March 2017
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For All Seasons- Grey partridges

Across the British countryside, bird’s nests are filled with clutches of newly hatched chicks. The arrival of spring is traditionally the time when eggs, which have been carefully nurtured and protected by mothers, begin to hatch and newborns like these grey partridges tentatively make their way into the world. These particular chicks are currently on…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
17th March 2017
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Pots of art and history to uncover as exhibition celebrates Yorkshire’s special ceramics

Fascinating historic ceramics will be displayed alongside striking contemporary sculptures in a new celebration of Yorkshire’s potted history. The new Yorkshire- Pots and People exhibition opens at Lotherton Hall today (March 17) and will see ceramics displayed throughout the beautiful Edwardian country house, telling the story of how pottery has been created and used in…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
16th March 2017
2 mins read

Focus on fashion as exhibition explores how Yorkshire women dress to impress

It’s a collection of timelessly fabulous fashion any Yorkshire woman would be proud of. And this weekend, Lotherton Hall’s stunning fashion galleries will be transformed into the ultimate historical walk-in wardrobe for a spectacular new sartorial celebration. The glamorous Fashionable Yorkshire exhibition will see the galleries filled with outfits worn by local women over the past…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
15th March 2017
1 min read

Object of the week- the Channon cabinet

Described as one of the truly great masterpieces of English furniture, Temple Newsam’s Channon cabinet hides an incredible network of secret compartments. Crafted by John Channon in 1750, the huge mahogany cabinet hides a number of intricate, interlocking drawers which were originally designed to conceal aristocrats’ love notes and treasures. Channon, who was based…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
9th March 2017
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House’s new transforming desk is more than meets the eye

It could well be the world’s oldest and most beautifully made Transformer. And next week, visitors can get an up close look Temple Newsam’s magnificent mechanised reading and writing desk, crafted more than 270 years ago. The newly-acquired desk, made from mahogany with inlaid and finely engraved brass decoration, was fashioned in around 1740,…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
15th February 2017
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Object of the week- vintage spinning wheel

Conjuring images of a faraway, fairy tale kingdom, this vintage spinning wheel was actually made in Ireland more than 125 years ago. Crafted out of oak and mahogany, the wheel was designed by James McCreery and Son in around 1891 and donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries by Mrs K. Turberville in 1967. Originally,…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd February 2017
2 mins read

Chance to solve historic murder mystery this half term

Four hundred years ago, one of Temple Newsam House’s most famous residents was killed in a grisly murder that remains a mystery to this day. Now, on the anniversary of Lord Darnley’s gruesome demise, budding super sleuths can wander the same atmospheric halls he once called home as they try to solve their own…
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