Artlink Hull is a gallery that supports the creation and exploration of art with, in, and about communities. In particular, it works with individuals and communities experiencing disadvantage to increase the diversity of voices in the arts.
Set in Gaza, one-woman show A Grain of Sand insists on one simple principle: that children’s voices matter, and that listening to them is a political act.
From £17.00
Journey from the sun-drenched shores of Jamaica to the cold, grey streets of 1940s London in Small Island.
From £16.50
Take a journey through 300 years of pub and brewing history in Leeds, with a heritage Pub and brewery tour.
From £35.00
Leeds is a city best explored on foot. With a local guide leading the way, this 90-minute walking tour offers an engaging introduction to a city.
From £12.00
‘Plant Dreaming’ gathers the work of seven contemporary artists and their thoughts on plant knowledge and ecopolitics, at Leeds Art Gallery.
Free entry
A bold, joyful punk-musical one-person show about making a queer family on your own terms.
From £16.50
Northern Monk, one of Leeds’ best breweries, is kicking off the weekend with a brewery tour to kick start your Saturday afternoon.
From £20.00
Musical brutalism is having a moment – and Mandy, Indiana are right in it, bringing URGH’s raw force to Brudenell.
From £15.00
Multi-award-winning authentic Italian restaurant Gusto da Gianni showcases the freshest ingredients and finest produce and cooking techniques from across Italy, creating some extremely appetising dishes.
The New Adelphi Club was originally a three-bedroom terraced house with a garden, but now has legendary status, not least for being among the first places to host Pulp.
Celebrating its 50th birthday in 2021, the Hull Truck Theatre is dedicated to putting on high-quality productions of both intimate and epic scales.
2022 saw the reopening of the lido on Albert Avenue in Hull, offering a remote countryside spot for avid swimmers.
Overlooking the quiet seclusion of Kingston Square Gardens, Kingston Theatre Hotel is a small family-run four-star Victorian hotel in the heart of Hull Old Town.
The Grade II-listed Hull New Theatre reopened in 2017 after a £16 million refurbishment, creating more seats, a new café-restaurant, two new bars and an extra space.
Dope Burger concentrates on what it does best. Tasty burgers, chicken and hot dogs with fabulous flavours ready to take away or delivered to your door.
This beautiful Victorian shopping arcade is now home to a raft of innovative local retailers, each with their own specialism to offer Hull’s residents and visitors alike.
Housed in one of the city’s finest buildings, Hull Maritime Museum has been showcasing 800 years of maritime history since 1975 – including a 113-year-old 40ft whale skeleton and the largest collection of scrimshaw this side of the Atlantic.
Opened in 1927, Ferens Art Gallery houses a superb collection, including masterpieces by Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Helen Chadwick and Gillian Wearing.
If you’re based in Hull and you’re not aware of the art collection nestled in the University library, you must check it out.
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
Manchester’s starting the new year with a run of gigs from some of the country’s best underground exports.
Theatre across the North West splits between festive escape and sharp, urgent work exploring politics, power and resistance.
This season, exhibitions across the North West feel attuned to the world beneath the world – the forces and stories shaping how we see, feel and imagine.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.
