Britain is becoming a less charitable nation… Charities losing money and hope
Fewer Britons than ever are donating to charities, according to recent studies, while government support is failing to keep pace...
Homepage
Leeds surgery reaches the brain via the eye socket for the first time in the UK
Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on Unsplash Recently, Leeds became the first city in the UK to undergo a...
HS2 Slowing down trains costing £102.7bn
Photo by Umair Dingmar on Unsplash The UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) project has undergone a change with trains not...
Award-winning Gaza documentary to screen in Leeds
Image Credit: Yousef Al-Helou A documentary featuring footage filmed in Gaza in the summer of 2023 will be screened at...
Women to Look Out for at Green Man 2026
“Where are the women?” I cried as the same assortment of male-fronted indie bands dominated the English festival line-ups yet...
Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?
Much of the world’s fuel travels through a waterway 20 miles wide at its narrowest point: The Strait of Hormuz....
Lunchtime Liturgy: The case for Lebanese Bites over Bakery 164
Bakery 164 is iconic. I use that as a neutral term – a factual observation. I make this clear, as...
A neglected land
(Written December 2025) I stood facing the United Nations Buffer Zone in Nicosia, watching the cats pass through the designated...
Penguin Random House x Grind pop-up to visit University of Leeds
Image Credit: Tanya Paquet on Unsplash On 18 May, students in the thick of exam season can take a break...
It’s All A Bit of A Laugh, Right?: A Review of Open Theatre’s ‘Sweaty Clowns’
Jess Cooper receives a very special birthday invitation to review Sweaty Clowns with Open Theatre. Image Credit: Abby Swain When...