Here’s another incubation changeover with a good view of the second chick (cam is working again) Leeds Uni Peregrines🥚🥚🐣🐣

We have recently seen an increase in theft of Yorkshire Stone Paving within our ward areas.
We continue to work with our partner agencies to address this.

Hello #Leeds !

We are thrilled to be bringing our 5-star EdFringe show “Locusts” to Seven Arts in Chapel Allerton on Friday Oct 4th.

Tickets have just gone on sale - don’t miss it.

A warning to America -- Timothy Snyder

The EU’s ‘right to repair’ rule is truly radical – British builders should copy it wholesale. The construction sector accounts for 62% of waste: that could be drastically cut if we chose refurbishment over demolition. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Karl Kraus epic play Die Letzten Tage der Menschheit (the Last Days of Mankind) remains the most remarkable anti war drama in European Literature. His one man magazine Die Fackel (The Torch) a 37 year campaign for moral and artistic truth.

150 years ago today Karl Kraus, the greatest literary satirist of the past 1000 years, was born into a Jewish family in Jicin Bohemia. Moving to Vienna as a child he became a most powerful voice against war, corruption, the abuse of language, the power of the media.

Yorkshire-based Kirkstall Brewery has big plans for historical Tetley building which reopened today under its management 🍻 Read more here bit.ly/3Ujgtk8

#business #investment #beer Kirkstall Brewery Vastint UK

Rachael Unsworth Also has a branch of Edinburgh Bicycle Coop❤️. Nothing too much trouble for their staff. Got a bike for me and a bike for dad from there. The horse at Bramhope sighting tower definitely approved of my purchase

Does it make sense to own a car if you don't use it much?

(With fuel 'only' 11% of average annual cost, does it make 'too much' sense to use a car *more* if you do have one?) #PerverseIncentive

Source: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/documents/s226…

Chapel Allerton N is the area of Leeds with the highest proportion of employed people mainly working from home.

Also v high in Leeds city centre, interestingly.

Unique in north of England.

ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…

He’s the mayor who transformed Birmingham from a sleepy and ignorant city into something great – but is there more to the myth?

birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/joseph-chamb…

Hidden Gems & Curious Corners

14:30 on Sunday

You'll learn some fundamental points about Leeds through the ages via a unique route exploring unusual features.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/hidden-gems-…

#WalkingTour #Heritage

New exhibition at Leeds City Museum about the history of Monopoly in Leeds, Waddington's & it's managing director Norman Victor Watson 👇
BBC News - Monopoly's historical links to Leeds suburb revealed in exhibition - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Analysis of the plight of local authorities and some ideas for recovering financial position, including by taking a different approach to land value uplift - an idea that's not new but has never been enacted. Time for incoming government to be bold.

First look 😲 inside Leeds’ huge new ‘Aire Park’ development as it begins to take shape on the South Bank 🏗️

Surrounding the iconic Tetley building near the city centre - new homes, offices, leisure space and a hotel are well under construction. 🧵 1/3

#Leeds #AirePark

In our occasional series on the science & art of colour:
Dyes & dyeing in Leeds – past & present with Andrew Filarowski
18:00 Thursday 9 May

Liberty Building, Western Campus, University of Leeds
Find out more & book:
leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/dyes-and-…

I'm doing another version of 'Hidden Gems & Curious Corners' at 14:30 on Sunday.

Some fundamental points about Leeds through the ages via a unique route exploring unusual features.

More info & booking:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/hidden-gems-…

On the 36 from Harrogate to Leeds reading 'Difficult Women' by Helen Lewis (a very engaging history of feminism).
I looked up to see that my geeky public transport reading is thoroughly upstaged by someone reading Dante's 'Divine Comedy'.

“Canarias tiene un límite”
And The Earth has a limit.

I offer a contribution to #SustainableTourism :
🦉 Walking tours - experience rather than stuff
🐏 Main customers: local residents, organisations & companies
🦉 c.350 tours since 2019
#EarthDay2024

leedscitywalkingtours.co.uk/tour-titles