Light on Leeds

Rob Galloway has been the lead singer of punk rock and roll band The Yalla Yallas for 16 years. He tells me all about the Leeds music scene and how it has changed over the years, how the band got tog…

Tian Liu has been selected as a member of the Youth Parliament Leeds. She advocates for youth voice, climate action and making mental health support accessible. She taslks with representatives from t…

I had a wonderful time chatting to Spike and Fran who are both members of Leeds Arts Cenrtre. Spike and Fran tell me about their upcoming play ROPE, a play by Patrick Hamilton that was further immort…

Martin Gaughan is a contemporary classical music composer, currently living in North Devon.

He tells me what led him to becoming a composer, the inspirational people who helped him on his way and abou…

Hannah Broadbent told me all about Feel Good Film Experience, which as she explains, the title of the project sums up it's aims.

Hannah explains to me how she got started, her love of film and what yo…

Lisa Thiel has been an Egghead since 2014. She was a fantastic guest and told me all about how she got started in TV quizzing, what it's like behind the scenes, the move from BBC to Channel 5, Jeremy…

I had a grand old time chatting to Vic Bingham about standup comedy, coming from a funny family, how she got involved and where you can see her perform.

The featured track is the stuninng "I don't Wan…

Lauren & Mathew joined me to tell me all about FoodCycle, to tell me how they got involved, how you can get involved and about all of the good work thet are doing across Leeds and the 66 projects the…

I had a great time chatting to Kully Thiarai, Creative Director and CEO of Leeds 2023 - the city's international year of culture.

"For one whole year, we’re Letting Culture Loose. 

In partnership with …

Ann Lightman told me about some of the fascinating history of Leeds and it's colourful characters - she relates this history as part of her Lawnswood Cemetery Walks.

Spring 2023 walks at Lawnswood Cem…

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed chatting with Elizabeth! I learned so much!

Elizabeth is the Lead Coordinator of Leeds Festival of Gothica. She tells me all about 1980s Leeds being at the forefron…

It was so interesting chatting to Hannah Gehrke, a talented tattoo artist at Red Tattoo & Piercing in the Corn Exchange.

She tells me what led her to being a tattoo artist, her apprenticeship, develop…

Enya Lucas is the director of the Leeds Arts Centre production of the play "Scarborough" which is on at The Carriageworks Theatre from Wednesday 8th March until Saturday 11th March, 2023.

We had a gre…

"Leeds Community Foundation distributes vital grants and gives trusted advice to Community Organisations across Leeds and Bradford to influence positive change. We are driven by creating meaningful s…

I had such a great chat with Kenneth Barker of WOTR Movies, a film company that has been going since 1998.

Kenneth is a producer, writer, director and film maker and he tells me all about how he got s…

I had a grand old chat with Dave, Daniel and Tony of SAS - Specialist Autism Services.

"Specialist Autism Services has worked exclusively for and with adults (18+) on the autism spectrum and their fam…

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In many ways this episode is a reboot as I last spoke to Yusef back in May 2020 about Art by Arjo.

He joins me…

"Leeds Coppice Workers is a workers co-operative commited to restoring and managing neglected and underused woodlands in the Leeds area.

We aim to create jobs in Leeds woodlands for our members and to…

Catherine Warr was a brilliant guest who is extremely knowledgeable about history - especially Yorkshire History!

She has a very popular YouTube channel "Yorkshire's Hidden History" and she has writte…

Leeds Hunters RUFC is an inclusive rugby club formed in 2016. It has a rapidly growing membersip that is broad and diverse. They have recently developed their O2 Touch Team that aims to provide rugby…