What's on near Talbot Hotel
Thackray Museum of Medicine’s new exhibition explores the medical uses and symbolic meanings of blood in science, culture and wider society.
From £8.95
Leeds live literature regular Chemistry offers an exciting mix of open mic acts and invited poets – this month the headliners include Rosie Garland.
Free entry
A moving new play about love, memory and football fandom, Through It All Together explores dementia, devotion and the power of holding on when life starts to slip away.
From £15.00
Launchpad & Slam Dunk have teamed up for a new Youth Showcase event, featuring 5 artists all aged 18 and under based in West Yorkshire performing at one of Leeds
From £8.00
Calling people of Leeds and beyond! The city’s favourite African and Caribbean Food Fest is back, and this year it’s turning up the heat with Harmony of Colours, a celebration…
Free entry
Leeds International Concert Season is on a mission to push boundaries, expand horizons, and ask the question: ‘What haven’t we heard?’ as it presents its city-spanning Sound Out Leeds series.
From £10.00
Sarah Roberts: SICK explores environments of care in her signature style of brightly coloured installations, spread across two galleries.
Free entryWhere to go near Talbot Hotel
Home of the Malton Methodist Church and aspiring community hub in the heart of Malton, North Yorkshire, the Wesley Centre offers a lovely performance space in an attractive historical building.
This vast estate, situated outside York, has been under the stewardship of the Howard family for some eight generations, and they still run and maintain the Castle to this day.
This open air living museum in York is home, and host, to some of the most well renowned historical re-enactment Societies in the North of England.
York has, since Roman times, been defended by walls of one form or another. To this day, substantial portions of the walls remain.
The Minster has been at the centre of Christianity in the north of England and today remains a thriving church rooted in the daily offering of worship and prayer.
The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) is the national advocate of early music in England and a centre of excellence for music-making in the City of York.
For over 40 years, this family run art gallery has gained a reputation for sourcing some of the finest contemporary arts for viewing and sale.
The Fat Badger York is a 4 star AA rated Inn rich in old English character. It’s grafted into the city centre walls, not far from York Minster.
Chocolate museum and fully guided tour through the history of York’s chocolate-making families and their creations.
Independent boutique hotel offering a modern take on the classic British B&B.
Culture Guides
Go forth with wild abandon to dance the pavements, dabble with the paint and down the pints in this month's tours and activities guide.
Outdoor cinema announcements, a major retrospective at HOME, and the best of indie cinema.
Experimental performance, thought-provoking new writing and our picks of Manchester International Festival - here’s what’s taking centre stage this summer.
The sun is shining in the North, so use our guide to get out there and eat, drink and be merry in it.
Gigs are coming in hot this spring – from long-awaited returns to one-off happenings you’ll blink and miss if you're not careful.
This month's guide is truly eclectic - from free family festivals, to food events, circus school and more!
From environmental to experimental, our poetry and prose picks from around the North are focused on the unusual and the fun.
From city-wide art festivals to open-air sculptural installations, we have exhibitions from all around the North, both indoors and out.