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20 Irish History Month Once again Irish Arts Foundation Highlights Irish culture with a great programme of events

24 Lime Tree Community Trust Fights Development Plans A group of North Leeds residents is committed to creating an area of green space s

25 Oakwood Farmers’ Market is Five! Run entirely by volunteers, the market has gone from strength to strength since it started five years ago.

40 Super League Netball Comes to Leeds The Yorkshire Jets is one of only eight UK netball teams awarded franchises to play in the Netball Superleague

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MARCH 2013

08 They Lived in LeedsEveleigh Bradford tells us about John Barran who fought to purchase Roundhay Park for Leeds

34 Stuart Lancaster – It’s All About Winning Hearts and MindsIt’s just a year since Stuart Lancaster was appointed England Coach. We have a chat about his journey.

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William Bragg was born in Cumbria in 1862. He read mathematics at Cambridge before taking up an academic post at the University of Adelaide, where he met his wife and three children, Lawrence, Bob and Gwendolen were born. It was whilst in Australia that he first became excited by the discovery of X-rays by the German physicist Wilhem Rontgen. When six-year old Lawrence fell from his tricycle and broke his elbow, William used his own X-ray generator to examine the bones!

In 1909, he accepted the post of Cavend-ish Professor of Physics at Leeds, where the family lived first on Grosvenor Road and later on Cottage Road. He felt that administrative duties were distracting him from research, but in the summer of 1912 he received word of an important new X-ray experiment in Germany. Inspired by this news he and Law-rence developed the new science of X-ray crystallography, which used measurement of scattered X-rays to study the atomic structure of crystals.

Following the outbreak of war in 1914, William worked on countering the threat from German U-boats, whilst Lawrence served on the Western Front developing a new method to detect and locate enemy guns. In 1915, word reached them that they had been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize.

After the War, William moved to Univer-sity College, London and then the Royal In-stitution, where one of his protégés, William Astbury, would later return to Leeds and continue the legacy of Bragg’s work by using X-rays to study the molecules of living systems.

One of the most powerful examples of the importance of the Bragg’s work came in 1953 when an X-ray photo, taken by the crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, provided a vital clue to solving the structure of DNA. The impact of the Braggs’ work extended far beyond DNA, with applications in chemistry, geology, material science and biomedical research, where it enabled an understanding of how drugs such as insulin and penicillin worked.

Today, their ground-breaking work is commemorated with a blue plaque on the Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds on Woodhouse Lane.

CELEBRATING THE GROUND-BREAKING WORK OF TWO LEEDS SCIENTISTS SIXTY YEARS AGO THIS APRIL, THE SCIENTISTS JAMES WATSON AND FRANCIS CRICK MADE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES IN HISTORY – SOLVING THE STRUCTURE OF DNA. BUT CRUCIAL TO THEIR SUCCESS WAS THE WORK DONE FORTY YEARS EARLIER BY THE LEEDS SCIENTIST SIR WILLIAM HENRY BRAGG AND HIS SON LAWRENCE.

To mark the centenary of their discovery, the University of Leeds is holding a day of public lectures, activities and events on Saturday 23rd March. For more details contact Dr Emily Winterburn at e.j.winterburn@leeds.ac.uk’ or visit www.leeds.ac.uk/bragg100

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It was John Barran who led the hard-fought, wounding cam-paign in 1872 for its purchase as a park for the people of Leeds. He made his mark on the city in other ways too: as the pioneer of the ready-made clothing trade, which brought

great prosperity to Leeds, and as the patron of some fine buildings which remain landmarks in the city.

John Barran was a Londoner in origin, the son of a gunmaker. At 21 he left home, sailed to Hull, and boarded the new railway to Leeds, looking for an opening in this booming industrial town. His first job was with a pawnbroker and clothes dealer, but he soon set up on his own as a men’s outfitter, with a shop at No.1 Briggate. He married, and the family lived over the shop. Energetic and dedicated – ‘like a spinning jenny, in constant motion’ – he made his shop into an ‘Emporium of Fashion’, with a range from dresscoats and satin waist-coats to moleskin trousers for ‘mechan-ics’ and sailor suits for boys.

Alongside bespoke garments he offered affordable ready-made clothes, made in his own small factory. Here his interest in innovation and technology came into its own: in 1851 he was the first to use the new American Singer sewing machines in his works, making production faster and cheaper, and in 1858 he introduced the band-saw, which could cut through multiple layers of cloth. He had seen the saw operating with wood and grasped its potential. It revolutionised the clothing business.

As his business expanded he moved his home to Chapel Allerton Hall and his factory to Park Row, with his sons now

as partners. In 1869 he took advantage of the scheme to improve and widen the narrow Boar Lane by buying land on the new south side and commissioning the architect Thomas Ambler to design a handsome range of buildings includ-ing a splendid new shop for his firm: ‘Number One’ Boar Lane. He employed Thomas Ambler again in 1877 to design a new factory and warehouse in Park Square. Eye-catching, fantastical, with minarets and parapet, it is still there, an echo of Moorish Spain in the middle of Leeds. This imaginative building was planned with care for his employees – good sanitation and lighting, a dining room. Barran’s had a reputation for good conditions and fair pay, unlike many of the sweated workshops and wretched wages in the clothing trade elsewhere in the city.

His business prospered, with a branch in London and new overseas markets, but he also found time for public service: President of the Working Men’s Institute and of the Chamber of

Commerce, a JP, a Liberal Councillor from 1865, and Mayor in 1870 and 71. In that year the huge Roundhay Park estate came up for sale. Many, including Barran, saw it as the ideal, much-needed park for smoky, industrial Leeds, but there was bitter resistance on grounds of the massive cost and the distance from town (no public transport then), and Roundhay residents object-ed to the prospect of mass invasion. Under Barran’s leadership the Council determined to buy over 770 acres of the estate, subject to parliamentary consent. Barran led the bidding at the auction, putting his money at risk, even re-mortgaging his house. For a time he had to suffer insult and abuse over this expensive ‘white elephant’, but he foresaw that ‘future generations will re-member us with gratitude as they stroll along the pleasant walks..’

A life-long Baptist, he supported many good causes. He was a founder governor of the Yorkshire College (Leeds University) – technical education was close to his heart. So was the temper-ance cause. From the 1850s he and his family supported ‘British Workman’ pubs, offering tea and coffee instead of alcohol: by 1871 there were 16 in Leeds and the movement spread nationally. His kindness and generosity were well known, and his modesty – when money was collected for a statue to him he politely rejected the idea! In 1876 he was elected Liberal MP for Leeds, and later represented Otley. When he lost his seat in 1895 his loyal service was rewarded with a baronetcy.

The firm of Barran & Sons flour-ished, and moved yet again in 1904 to a massive new factory in Chorley Lane, employing over 3,000 people (now Jacob’s Well). John Barran himself died in 1905, aged 83. Thousands lined the streets and followed the funeral cortege for this much-loved ‘Grand Old Man of Leeds’.

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ut Michelle is not one to let the grass grow under her feet and she has done an incredible amount of film, televi-sion and theatre work.

In fact, the daughter of actors Ray and Kay Dotrice, she made her first appearance on stage at about the age of six months, joined the Royal Shake-speare Company at 16 and went on to star in numerous productions – a number with her late husband, Edward Woodward.

Now she is coming to Leeds Grand Theatre with the fabulous ‘The Ladykill-ers’. Many will be familiar with the 1955 film with Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom and Cecil Parker and this stage adaptation by Graham Linehan (writer of Father Ted) is true to the Ealing Comedy period, but is perhaps not quite as dark as the movie.

Michele plays Mrs Wilberforce, a sweet little old lady running a rather lop-sided boarding house. Professor Marcus and his motley crew of criminal misfits, posing as musicians, rent rooms and

set about planning their next heist. “This is very much an ensem-

ble piece”, Michele told us. “There is no ‘star’ and that is the joy of the piece. It is really great fun to do and we have been getting great reaction from young people coming to the story for the first time.

“It really is hilariously funny. All the characters just leap off the page. There is great camaraderie amongst the cast and we rely very much on each other on stage. But I’m loving it. It is really a delight to play. And there are lots of special effects and split second timing – we have been working with a magician, illusionist and fight arranger!”

The cast also includes Clive Mantle (Casualty, Holby City, Game of Thrones), Cliff Parisi (EastEnders, Call the Midwife, Midsomer Murders), Paul Bown (Holby City, My Family, The Bill), Chris McCalphy (Five Daughters, Casualty, The Madness of King George III) and William Troughton (The Woman in Black, and films Warhorse, Chang-ing the Subject). As Michelle says, they are all ‘terrific’!

The Ladykillers is at Leeds Grand Theatre from Monday 1st – Saturday 6th April. For tickets call 0844 848 2700.

MICHELLE DOTRICE IS LOVING THE LADYKILLERS TOUR!WHEN I SPOKE TO MICHELLE DOTRICE RECENTLY, I COULDN’T GET ‘BETTY’ FROM ‘SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM’ OUT OF MY HEAD! AFTER ALL, SHE WAS A REGULAR FEATURE ON OUR TELEVISIONS FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE ‘70S.

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Salon will ask a panel of artists and academics the question: ‘What is Good Art?’

The definition of art has always been contested. In the past 30 years the very idea that we can exercise aesthetic judgment has been denounced as suspect and elitist.

Yet every day art galleries have to decide what art to show; schools, universities and art colleges what art to put on the curriculum; art teachers what marks to give their pupils’ work; critics and judges of art competitions must give a verdict and justify their choices.

Is aesthetic judgment still nec-essary and possible in our non-judgmental age? And why does art matter anyway?

Speakers include: independent sociologist and cultural commen-tator Tiffany Jenkins; Nigel Walsh, Curator of Contemporary Art, Leeds Art Gallery; Kenneth Hay, Chair of Contemporary Art Practice, Univer-sity of Leeds; and visual artist and facilitator Antonia Stowe.

Dawn Chorus brings together works acquired between 2011 and 2012 as part Leeds Art Gallery’s new partnership with the Arts Council Collection. The exhibi-tion runs until 31 March 2013.For more details, visit www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries

his eagerly awaited ex-hibition is the first of its kind and presents painting, sculpture, photography and felt making by 25 local artists. In addition,

the play ‘Resonance of Seclu-sion’, about reclusive artist Joash Woodrow, will be performed in the Woodrow Theatre at 8pm on Satur-day and 2pm on Sunday (advance booking is recommended). And, Bonhams will conduct an Antiques Roadshow (£3 per item)

There will also be lectures on the work of Arthur Friedensen and other Jewish artists. For full details and to book, please contact 0113 268 0899, email Helen@makor.co.uk, or visit www.makor.co.uk

Artists include: Jacky Fleming, Janis Goodman, Avril Harris, Beverley King, Jacob Kramer, Judith Levin, Marcus Levine, Marcus Levy, Ronnie Lipman, Philip Naviasky, Martin & Diana Nelson, Debbie Samuel, Willy Tirr, Janet Wil-liams, Rod Wells, Joash Woodrow, Arthur Friedenson, Frances Seganman, Adam Stone, Adam Stateman and Ronnie Miller.

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AS PART OF JEWISH ART AND CULTURE MONTH, AND TO CELEBRATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEEDS JEWISH COMMUNITY, A NEW EXHIBITION FEATURING A CENTURY OF JEWISH PROFESSIONAL ART WILL BE ON SHOW AT THE ETZ-CHAIM SYNAGOGUE, 411 HARROGATE ROAD, MOORTOWN, FROM 2ND – 4TH MARCH.

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THE LEEDS JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS A TALK BY MICHAEL MEADOWCROFT, ENTITLED ‘INTO THE ARENA, LEEDS JEWS AND LEEDS POLITICIANS’, AT SINAI SYNAGOGUE, ROMAN AVENUE, ROUNDHAY, ON SUNDAY 10TH MARCH AT 2.30PM.

Michael has had a long career in Liberal politics – both on Leeds & West Yorkshire councils and as an MP during the 1980s. His interest in Leeds Politics stretches much further back – his thesis for his M. Phil was on ‘The Political History of Leeds 1903-1926’.

Known as an entertaining and informative speaker, Michael always draws large audiences - his autumn series on Leeds poli-ticians at Leeds Library filled the venue. One politician he featured was Alderman Hyman Morris, the first Jewish Lord Mayor, whose family helped with the research. His new talk will draw on Liberal party records and the role they played in the naturalisation of many of Leeds Jews.

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Director Gail McIntyre was in-spired to develop Benjamin Zepha-niah’s novel for the stage after working with playwrights and soldiers in Eritrea. Now to find someone to adapt it!

Alex Chisholm (Associate Direc-tor Literary) immediately thought of Lemm Sissay. As she explained what the novel was about he exclaimed: “But this is my story!” Lemm’s mother abandoned him here as a baby and he grew up in children’s and foster homes. Adapting ‘Refugee Boy’ gave him an opportunity to rediscover his story, at the same time bringing an insight to it that few others would have.

‘Refugee Boy’ paints a realistic but often uplifting picture of the chal-lenges facing young refugees. It is a story of determination and the power of friendship. At the mercy of the Refugee Council and social services, Alem faces new challenges – from court hearings and children’s homes, to revolutionary new friendships and loving foster families. Amidst this turmoil he determines to take control, transcend his refugee label and become Alem Kelo - an African, a peacemaker and no longer just a Refugee Boy.

“This is a lovely production”, said Alex. “It’s moving, funny and dramatic. Even if you have no interest in refu-gees, you will enjoy it. You can also learn more about the topic and get involved in events and discussions.”

Working closely with local refugee

organisations, schools, artists, activ-ists and communities, The Playhouse has developed a series of events to allow greater understanding of the issues surrounding this story. City of Leeds and Primrose High Schools, and Shire Oak and Bracken Edge Primary Schools are all involved. There will be talks from the Children’s Society and Refugee Council, drama, drumming and dance workshops. This project is on-going and will be rolled out to other schools.

LEMM SISSAY ADAPTS AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR STORYA NEWLY COMMISSIONED ADAPTATION OF BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH’S NOVEL ‘REFUGEE BOY’ HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE PLAYHOUSE WITH AWARD WINNING POET, PLAYWRIGHT AND PERFORMER LEMN SISSAY.

The play is set during the Ethiopian/Eritrean conflict. For parents involved in the peace movement, the concern was the safety of their children. Alem (14) comes to London with his father on the best holiday of his life – then one day he wakes up to find him gone. Children with parents were less likely to get asylum, so his father abandons him and returns to Eritrea.

This is a lovely production. It’s moving, funny and dramatic. Even if you have no interest in refugees, you will enjoy it

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Two Open Days are planned for 16th and 23rd March, offering opportunities to get involved with different creative projects happen-ing both in the theatre and at First Floor, the Playhouse’s dedicated space for young people. There will also be visual arts displays, music and food. And, the Big Question at 5pm on 16th March will give audi-ences a chance to pose questions to a panel of leading experts and opinion makers.

Other organisations involved are: the Leeds City of Sanctuary team, whose aim is to make Leeds more welcoming, open and fair to all; Solace, a Leeds’-based charity providing psychotherapy, comple-mentary therapies and advocacy support to the survivors of perse-cution and exile; and Arts on the Run, a network of individuals and organisations with a common inter-est in refugee-related arts.

Refugee Boy is at The West Yorkshire Playhouse from 9th – 30th March.

She became one of the world’s leading ‘light’ music composers, conductors and arrangers who went on to work with John Williams on many films, including the orchestra-tion of Star Wars, Superman, E.T. and Schindler’s List.

Before this she’d been a regular conductor of the BBC Radio Orchestra, wrote numerous film scores (Peeping Tom, The Little Prince, most of Water-ship Down), the theme tune and inci-dental music for Hancock’s Half Hour and was the musical director for The Goon Show.

As it was with John Williams, An-gela’s work was often uncredited; she

scored for people from Placido Domingo to Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward to Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark to Dusty Springfield. She also had a long asso-ciation with the Philips record label, arranging for, accompanying and con-ducting the company’s artists – a who’s who of music.

Scott Walker commented that ‘Working with Wally Stott….was like having Delius writing for you.’ Have a listen to Scott Walker’s, Jackie or If You Go Away – some of the best bits of orchestration you’ll ever hear.

Here’s a reason why Angela’s work may not be as widely known as it should be – she was born Wally Stott above his

parent’s watchmaker’s shop in Leeds in 1924. In 1972, when Wally went to Scandinavia on holiday, he came back as Angela, a she, so prior to this gender realignment operation her work is often credited as Wally Stott and post-op it’s listed as Angela Morley.

Her public profile meant that the operation attracted a lot of unwelcome publicity and press interest. She kept her head down for a while, thinking her career was over.

Angela moved to the US in 1980 and scored episodes of TV series such as Dallas, Dynasty, Cagney & Lacey, Wonder Woman, and conducted at most of the Hollywood studios. She had two Oscar nominations, was nominated eleven times for an Emmy Award and won three of them. Angela died in 2009.Mick McCann

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It aims to highlight the many posi-tive contributions the Irish have made to British society and introduce new audiences to the vibrancy of Irish arts, heritage, culture and history.

There is an exciting programme of events throughout March. Particu-lar highlights include concerts from Clannad, with support from Brian Kennedy at Leeds Town Hall (Tue 19th March); Sharon Shannon at Leeds City Varieties (Fri 1st March) and The Victoria Hall, Saltaire; and Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill (Fri 29th March).

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eration Irish musicians on popular music in Britain (HEART, Headingley Friday 8th March), and a performance from Donal Cox and The Fifth Province at the Ilkley Playhouse (Thu 21st March). There will also be traditional music sessions in the Grove Inn, Leeds, and workshops on Irish arts and culture at a number of primary schools across the city.

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I recently attended the Holocaust Memorial Day Service at Leeds Town Hall. The event was, as you would expect, very moving and it was wonder-ful to see so many people from across the communities of Leeds there with especially strong representation from North East Leeds.

The event not only commemorated the loss of families like mine in the Holo-caust but genocides across the world. I was particularly moved by the story of Amnea played out by young people from Leeds. Amnea had fled war and certain death in Eritrea and arrived in Leeds. Whereas she

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In my first column for North Leeds Life I wrote about the work Moortown Council-lors were doing to protect the Yorkshire Bank Sports Ground for future community use. I am delighted a Community Land Trust has been established and they have a website http://www.limetreecommu-nitytrust.moonfruit.com/. Please do get involved in what could be a really exciting public space for all of North Leeds, this is a community lead initiative and needs as many people involved as possible.Alex.sobel@leeds.gov.uk 07973 397 212T: @alexsobel

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Welcome to the Councillors Column in this edition of North Leeds Life – the first from the Alwoodley Team!

March is here (it really doesn’t feel like a year since the last one – which I’m told means I’m definitely getting older), which of course means longer and hope-fully warmer days.

While this is great news – it does mean that we see the return of litter hot spots as more people are out and about and sometimes unable to walk the extra 10 feet to the nearest litter bin. If you are concerned about a local litter hot spot – do get in touch with local councillors who can arrange for litter picking and in some cases more litter bins to try to relieve what can

be a real blot on the landscape.As the back pages of North Leeds Life

show, we are lucky in this part of the city to have a huge number of voluntary groups always on the look out for new volunteers and members. The warmer weather, hope-fully on its way, does provide an extra op-portunity to get involved with them.

Slaid Hill, Alwoodley and Moortown all have ‘In Bloom’ groups that on the look out for volunteers to help our part of the city look its best. Groups like Friends of Adel Woods and Friends of Wigton Moor woods offer another avenue to make our local environment that bit nicer – that bit more accessible. They also offer a chance to meet more of your neighbours and get a bit of exercise in the great outdoors (without having to go to the Gym).

For information on groups and answers to any local queries you may have, your local councillors are always here to help.Have a great month.Daniel.cohen@leeds.gov.uk0113 2041094

MOORTOWN COMMUNITY GROUP GEARS UP FOR SUMMER ACTIVITIES

Moortown Community Group is a voluntary group established in 2008 to try to improve the local environment and make the area a better place to live.

The Moortown in Bloom group has been brightening up the area for several years with plants at roadside sites, including providing some much needed colour outside HSBC and Moortown Corner. Look out for Spring bulbs at road junc-tions from the Ring Road south-ward. There should be a big splash of colour at the junction of Har-rogate Road and Gledhow Valley Road and at the Scott Hall Road / King Lane junction, which they planted recently.

The Neighbourhood Design Statement for central Moortown, a major project for the group, is nearing completion and they hope it will be adopted as a supplemen-tary planning document by Leeds City Council. Research for this has unearthed some interesting histori-cal facts about Moortown, which we may share with you in future editions.

This is a relatively quiet time of the year for the group, but they are always keen to welcome new people to the committee to help prepare for Summer activities. For further information, please contact jon.pedlar@virginmedia.com or 0113 266 8480 or visit www.moortowncommunitygroup.co.uk

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There have been many changes in the valley over the years, but little was known about life there until the late Fred Casperson and Arthur Hopwood made extensive studies, publishing their findings and giving numerous illustrated talks. Thanks to their en-thusiasm we now know more about Valley activities and the various signs that can be seen in the valley today.

The Meanwood Valley Trail is a lovely walk from Woodhouse Moor, along quiet tracks, through wooded countryside, skirting Meanwood and passing under the Ring Road before reaching Adel. The footpath runs close to the stream for most of the Trail, a peaceful scene accompanied by birdsong. But along the way is evi-dence that it was not always so. It is certain that two or three hundred years ago it would have the rumble of water wheels and the sounds of stone quarrying that filled the air. Doreen Wood, Meanwood Village Association

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One project is at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School in Moortown where the students are designing a new Key Stage 1 early years playground. The design incorporates a woodland area and spaces adjoining the classrooms, as well as the main entrance to the school. Working alongside second year Playwork students, the team is also taking into account the pupils’ learning, play and development.

“We wanted the Key Stage One children to be able to use parts of the playground as an outdoor classroom, even in the rain, so we asked the students to revamp the area and include canopies”, said Catherine Phillips, Deputy Head Teacher at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School.

“I’ve been really impressed with their commitment to providing the best possible solution for us. We are now busy applying for funding so that we can implement the students’ ideas.”

“Working on real projects that influ-

ence genuine change is invaluable for students and helps them stand out from the crowd when looking for work”, said Emma Oldroyd, Module Leader. “The programme provides an experience that is as close to professional practice as you can get. They manage the client relationship, plan and deliver a community consultation programme and present a design package that meets their client’s needs. I’m proud to say that our students put their heart and soul into it.”

Other design projects include a reflec-tion garden at St Gemma’s Hospice, the conversion of Gotts Park walled garden’s into a centre for the Conservation Volun-teers, and a re-design of the Bexley Wing Entrance courtyard at St James’s Hospital.

The study and practice of Landscape Architecture within a community context has been part of the academic programme at Leeds Metropolitan since the 1970s, and has included more than 100 Design and Community projects.

LIME TREE COMMUNITY TRUST FIGHTS DEVELOPMENT PLANS

The Lime Tree Community Trust is a group of North Leeds residents committed to creating an area of green space on the former Yorkshire Bank sports ground site in Moortown,

This determined and committed group has been rigorously fighting plans to develop this wonderful area of green space in Leeds 17 for high density housing, for over 12 years. Their aspiration is to buy the site from the Yorkshire Bank’s owner, the Clydesdale Bank, and create an attractive area for the Moortown com-munity to use and enjoy.

If they are successful, they propose to retain 80% of the area as a natural wildlife habitat, with the provision of a playing area for the school and a pitch for a local junior sports club. They have great plans to preserve this piece of land for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations of Moortown residents.

Look out for details of their com-munity consultation event in March. If you would like to be involved or would like further information, please contact limetreecommunitytrust@gmail.com or visit www.limetreecom-munitytrust.moonfruit.com

LANDSCAPE STUDENTS DESIGNSPACEFORMOORALLERTON PRIMARYLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AT LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY ARE SHARING THEIR EXPERTISE WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS YORKSHIRE BY DESIGNING A SERIES OF NEW SPACES AND REVAMPS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AND ORGANISATIONS. THE FINAL DESIGNS WERE PRESENTED IN AN EXHIBITION AT BROADCASTING PLACE RECENTLY.

Rick Contini, Naomi Rosser, Dan Young, Becky Watts, Catherine Philips (Deputy Head, Moor Allerton Primary), Amanda Hyde (Key Stage 1 Tutor), Steve Heywood (Senior Lecturer, Leeds Met) & JP Seymour.

Run entirely by volunteers, the market has gone from strength to strength. Selling local food and produce, most of which comes from within a 30 mile radius, the market has gained FARMA (National Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association) accreditation in recognition of its links with the producers and farmers.

“We are proud to have reached this milestone”, said Committee Chairwoman, Pat Urry. “We are delighted to have brought some great stallholders with wonderful local produce to the area and aim to foster a connection between producer and cus-tomer, encouraging people to take an

interest in the provenance of their food. “The market is very popular and we

have a long waiting list of potential stall-holders – all of which is testament to the quality of the stallholders and the hard work of our team of volunteers who make it happen.”

Today you can expect to find stalls selling a wide variety of products – including meat, vegetables, fish, bread, cheese, cakes, pies, mushrooms, eggs, soup, preserves and herbs. There are also seasonal and unusual products like handmade chocolates, locally made ready meals, honey, seasonal fruits, Dutch-style apple pies and marshmallows.

“In the past five years the market has become part of the local scene and a com-munity hub. It offers a great opportunity to catch up with friends while shopping”, con-tinued Pat. “There is always a REAP stall with information on our other initiatives encouraging environmental awareness and more sustainable lifestyles – such as help with home energy saving, transport/cycling routes (we recently produced a cycle, bus and walking map) and garden-ing, with seasonal tips and friendly practi-cal advice.”

Like all good birthday parties, there will be music, cake, balloons and more at the market on 16th March. The Lord Mayor will make a speech and there will be a prize draw for a £50 hamper of goodies. For further information, visit www.oakwoodfarmersmarket.com

OAKWOOD FARMERS’ MARKET, THE MONTHLY MARKET AT OAKWOOD CLOCK IN ROUNDHAY, IS CELEBRATING ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY FROM 9AM – 12.30PM ON SATURDAY 16TH MARCH.

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We are all anxious to start sowing seeds outside, or planting ones grown indoors over the Winter but, unless you have had the ground covered, it’s best to wait until the end of the month.

Start pruning bush and shrub roses once all signs of frost have gone. Also prune eucalyptus to make room for the new silvery foliage. It’s time to hard prune willows and dogwoods grown for their winter coloured stems too, and mulch around their base and any bare spots in the garden.

Many vegetables are very attractive in their own right and can provide good contrast in flowerbeds – for example, feathery foliage of carrots alongside hostas. You might like to try bright coloured bedding plants with a back-drop of beetroot or chard, using more vegetables. This can also give a more structured look and plenty to eat too.

You can also start planting early potatoes that have been chitted in the ground or in tubs. A lot of experienced gardeners still plant out onion sets at Easter, which this year is at the end of the month. Prepare ground for runner beans digging trenches and filling alter-nately with shredded newspapers and soil for good water retention, which all beans need.

Feed all fruit bushes with a good fertilizer containing potash and keep them watered should the ground dry out. Many garden centres and supermarkets tend to have bedding plants on sale

very early, but don’t be tempted as they won’t last long. Instead buy small plug plants to grow on.

The dreaded pests and diseases start in earnest now so keep a close eye out particularly in greenhouses and conservatories and deal with them to stop their spread. Slugs are on the look out for a good feast of new green shoots. There are bird friendly slug pellets around now so circle them around any new growth, particularly hostas.

MARCH WINDS CAN BE VERY WELCOME TO DRY OUT THE GROUND IN PREPARATION FOR NEW PLANTINGS. SPRING FLOWERS SHOULD NOW BE BRIGHTENING UP YOUR GARDEN, BRINGING WELCOME COLOUR. NEW PLANTS ARE STARTING TO GROW AND SOME OF THE TALLER VARIETIES WILL NEED STAKING. BY DOING THIS NOW THERE IS LESS CHANCE OF DAMAGING THE PLANTS LATER.

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Prepare ground for runner beans by digging trenches

The dreaded pests and diseases start in earnest now so keep a close eye out particularly in greenhouses and conservatories

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low-key and Lo-Fi, downbeat but uplifting.

The subtlety and simplicity of the production are key here, the deliberately understated musical backing giving each song the space to breathe and effectively administer its emotional payload, as exemplified by the elegant arrangements of All You Can Do and Drink Myself to Sleep.

This minimalist approach is striking and shows Johns to be a gifted and confident songwriter, but his out-standing vocal performance is perhaps even more astonishing. Throughout these six songs Harry’s voice takes centre stage, grasping and sustain-ing one’s attention whether with the almost choked up fragility of a whis-pered confessional or a full-throated howl of defiance.

With these poignant reflections

on the tortuous chaos and tumult of relationships, the sense is of one who has been through the mill, spent many a dark night of the soul in dis-illusionment and despair drinking and smoking away the dawn and has emerged from the wreckage battle-worn but resilient. With song titles like Tie Your Own Noose, Sleep is the Cousin of Death and Drink Myself to Sleep one could be forgiven for expect-ing something far more maudlin and morose. However, while heartbreak is a running theme and they’re hardly happy-go-lucky singalongs, there’s a note of optimism that permeates the recounting of times one is made stronger by living through.

That Harry George Johns can shred, thrash and wail with the best of them has already been proven beyond doubt, that he can also produce songs of such insight, sensitivity and stark beauty as these is nothing short of a revelation.

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WITH THIS LATEST EP, HARRY GEORGE JOHNS TAKES A BREAK FROM THE PUNK, GRUNGE OR METAL STYLINGS THAT HAVE CHARACTERISED HIS PREVIOUS MUSICAL PROJECTS SUCH AS DINOSAUR PILE-UP, OLD ROMANTIC KILLER BAND OR, MOST RECENTLY, MARTYR DEFILED, TO DELIVER SOMETHING ALTOGETHER GENTLER, A DISARMINGLY HEARTFELT SET OF ACOUSTIC SONGS DEALING WITH LOVE, LOSS AND LONGING. HGJ’S POST BREAKDOWN BLUES IS A SURPRISING AND HUGELY SATISFYING RELEASE THAT IS EASILY THE EQUAL OF THE BEST THE ALT-COUNTRY-FOLK-AMERICANA SCENE HAS TO OFFER.

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Lincoln is a rare treat. A big (and big budget) impor-tant picture by arguably the originator of the blockbuster, that is also thoughtful, consid-ered and memorable for all the right reasons.

The film is both an absorb-ing chronicle of a momentous point in American history and a fascinating character study.

We join Lincoln two months into his second term as the civil war, which has been raging for

four years, seems, finally, to be lurching towards an end. Keen to heal a divided nation but equally determined to pass an amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery, Lincoln is told repeatedly by all around him that to pursue such an amend-ment at that juncture will surely jeopardise peace and reignite tensions within the country.

Undeterred, L incoln perseveres and much of the film’s dramatic action concerns the struggle to secure the neces-sary votes to pass the bill while facing down opposition not only from rival democrats but also from fellow republicans.

Spielberg here shows himself to be a director still capable of great things and his pres-entation of the story is per-fectly judged. There’s a stately elegance to the look and feel of the film with scenes often evoking a painterly composition.

For all the technical mastery and expert storytelling Spielberg deploys, though, the beating heart of the film is another ex-traordinary performance from Day-Lewis as the inspiring and

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rightfully revered president.What emerges is a portrait of a man of keen

intelligence and dry wit, steadfast and resolute, whose moral compass is guided by his deeply

felt compassion and humanity. A truly liberal, progressive conservative, he almost seems an anomaly; a politician who actually, genu-inely cares about people. Lincoln knows all too well the games of politics and the maddening complications of the American experi-ment in democracy but, when it comes to what he believes to be right and the truths that he holds to be self evident, he is unwilling to com-promise, no matter what the risks may be.

Day-Lewis is ably supported by a verita-ble who’s who of the cream of Hollywood acting talent, with particularly fine work from Sally Field (virtu-ally the lone female among the cast), Tommy Lee Jones, and a wonderfully moustachioed and dishevelled James

Spader.As another history making president begins

his second term presiding over an America still wrought by internal divisions, Lincoln seems timely and resonant and leaves one wistfully reflecting on the tragic fact that they simply don’t make republicans like Honest Abe Lincoln anymore.

For all the technical mastery and expert storytelling Spielberg deploys, though, the beating heart of the film is another extraordinary performance from Day-Lewis as the inspiring and rightfully revered president

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MUSICLISTINGSFusebox Extra: Juxtavoices & Bennett-Cole Orchestra + Corey Mwamba Fri 1 Mar, Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £8/£6. New music, performance poetry improvising big band run by Seth Bennett & Laura Cole. www.fuseboxleeds.org.uk

Gigspanner Fri 1 Mar, Otley Courthouse. Trio formed by Pete Knight, legendary fiddle player with Steeleye Span. £12/£10 advance

HEART Jazz Jam Session Fri 1 Mar, HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley – free event in café. All welcome.

Ant Law Quintet Sun 3 Mar, 1.30-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. London guitarist featuring some of that city’s best young musicians. £5/4, U16 free

Chantel McGregor Sun 3 Mar, Korks Wine Bar, Otley, £11. Excellent Blues guitarist.

Lindi Ortega Tues 5 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £7. Canadian singer-songwriter with a distinctive blend of America & alt-country folk.

Egyptian Hip Hop Wed 6 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £8. More melodic grunge, lush scuzzy pop & housey math rock than hip hop.

Lianne La Havas Thurs 7 Mar Leeds Uni-Stylus, £14.50. New young soul sensation from London, with influences from Nina Simone to Lauryn Hill.

Johnny Marr Thurs 7 Mar, Brudenell Social Club. Legendary guitarist from The Smiths

Linnea Olsson Thurs. 7 March Brudenell Social Club, £5.50. Fantasy-Pop cellist, touring her debut album.

The Travelling Band+Ellen & The Escapades+Dancing Years Fri 8 Mar Brudenell Social Club, £8.50. Alt-Country & Folk-Pop.

Willy Mason Fri 8 Mar, The Wardrobe, £12.50. Folk-Pop troubadour.

Wang Dang Doodle Fri 8 Mar, HEART. Great exponents of 60’s soul + their own compositions.

The Despoilers Fri 8 Mar New Roscoe Leeds. Covers band playing popular songs from the last five decades in aid of Leeds Mencap.

Jazz at Heart: Jim Corry Quintet Sat 9 Mar, HEART. Newly formed

quintet with UK-renowned saxophonists Jim Corry & Rob Mitchell.

Foals Sat 9 Mar, Leeds Met SU. Oxford group straddling genres such as math rock, indie Rock & New Rave.

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Sun10 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £14. The self-styled ‘God of Hellfire’ who burst onto the music scene in 1968

Kilo Kish + The Internet Tues 12 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £12.50. Soulful Hip Hop

Stornaway Wed 13 Mar, The Cockpit, £14.50. Alt-folk indie.

Sam Lee Wed 13 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £12 . Experimental Folk.

Mehliana Wed 13 March, 7.45pm at Howard Assembly Room. Legendary jazz pianist Brad Mehldau & percussionist Mark Guiliana. Mehldau steps into world of keyboards & synths. £20

Marc Ribot Thurs 14 Mar, Howard Assembly Room, £15. Widely known for his collaboration with Tom Waits, Rare UK appearance playing from his album Silent Movies.

Harry George Johns Thurs 14 Mar, Sela. Soulful, Acoustic singer-songwriter.

The Irish House Party Thurs 14 Mar, City Varieties Music Hall. Night of Celtic celebration. Starring All Ireland Champion musicians, with great banter & excellent Irish dancing.

Ruts DC Fri 15 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £15. Reggae influenced Punk-Rock.

St Patrick’s Night Sat 16 Mar, HEART. Featuring local band Turas. Join in the ‘craic’ with music for dancing, listening… & drinking!

Vamp Sat 16 Mar, Duck & Drake, Free. Mix of classic rock songs including Free, Rolling Stones, Hendrix & a few of their own.

Gretchen Peters Sun 17 Mar, City Varieties Music Hall. One of Nashville’s best contemporary songwriters.

Ulrich Schnauss Mon 18 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £9. Electronica with classic warm basslines & epic arrangements.

Republica Tues 19 Mar Brudenell Social Club, £14. Dance/Electro inflected Rock.

Eels Tues 19 Mar, O2 Academy, £23.50. Witty, soulful, energetic & musically stunning

Clannad Tues 19 Mar, Leeds Town Hall, £28.50. Considered to be the unique voice of modern Irish music, touching on folk, rock, ambient, jazz & world.

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds Wed 20 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £8.50. Former guitarist with The Cramps & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Stiff Little Fingers Thurs 21 Mar, O2 Academy, £15.50. Original 70s punks from Belfast fronted by the iconic Jake Burns.

Martin Harley Band Thurs 21 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £10. Internationally acclaimed 3 piece ‘British Americana’ act influenced by Delta Blues & Gypsy Swing.

Lene Lovich Fri 22 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £13.50. Eclectic & unpredictable singer.

Fiction Fri 22 Mar, The Cockpit, £6.50. Indie trio influenced by Talking Heads, Young Marble Giants, The Fall

The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari: Martyn Jacques Fri 22 Mar, Howard Assembly Room, £12.50. Front man of punk-cabaret band The Tiger Lillies, performs new soundtrack to iconic silent film.

Sinfonia of Leeds Concert Sat 23 Mar, St. Edmund’s Church, Roundhay. Conductor David Greed. Soloist Stephanie Gonley. Mussorsky’s Prelude ‘Khovanshchina’, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3. Tickets from

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Chapel Club Sun 24 Mar, The Cockpit, £9. Reverb-drenched guitars & occasional synth bursts create a dark indie wall of sound.

The Heavy Tues 26 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £10. Guitar-heavy neo soul & rock with crunchy guitar & funky horns.

Passion &Resurrection: Stile Antico Wed 27 Mar, Howard Assembly Room.Vocal ensemble performing glorious & richly varied music composed for Holy Week

Ian Hunter Wed 27 Mar, City Varieties Music Hall, £22.50. Legendary Mott the Hoople frontman

Leeds Bluegrass Club Thurs 28 Mar, The Grove Inn. Acoustic, Americana roots/ Bluegrass/Country music. Guests: ‘Dalebilly’ + 2 support bands. £5. Picking sessions, musicians welcome.

Chamber Soiree Thurs 28 Mar, HEART Café. Free event for lovers of classical music.

Tantz Fri 29 Mar, Cafe Lento, North Lane, Headingley. £5. Electro-Klezmer!

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ecorded with Leeds indie label Tellus Records, it fea-tures favourites ‘Ghost in Your Mind’ and ‘Baker Boy’. The single raises the bar in both production and presen-tation following 2012’s ac-claimed debut EP, with Lewis

Sleeman returning to man the desk and Stuff & Things Colllective co-ordinating the design.

The brisk garage rock of ‘Ghost in Your Mind’ travels down twisted tracks, like a technicolour Mag-Lev train speeding through the haunted psy-chosis of a guilt-stricken lover. ‘Baker Boy’ plays like a mini epic, channeling an oriental Ennio Morricone riff through a lurid sexual fantasy of baked goods topped with lashings of effeminate violence.

A L A S K A has established a reputation as one of Leeds’ most exciting new bands, with an acclaimed Green Man Festival set and hometown support slots with Cate Le Bon and 2:54. The new single will be released on limited edition coloured 7” vinyl, housed in handmade, screen-printed sleeves with two alternate cover designs.

“There is something rather catchy about A L A S K A’s tunes. Their audience is about to grow very much larger. Watch out for them.” -Musicovered

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Twenty years of coaching

“The main opposition came in the form of experts in the media and people from outside who didn’t know me”, said Stuart. “How could you give this man the job when he hadn’t played or coached at the highest level? My argument was that I had done more than enough coaching in the last 20 years of my life to prepare me for it.”

And, little did they know, he already had a plan! When I dropped in to see Stuart at his home in Weetwood recently I found out more.

“I always had a plan in mind”, he told me. “But, of course, I didn’t know if I would ever get the opportunity to action it. As soon as I was appointed interim coach I knew I had to work hard and get the details of the plan in place in my own mind and then action it with manage-ment and players.”

He spent hours in the library at Carn-egie thinking through and planning what he would do. At weekends he was in the library at 5am! His wife Nina, who runs Busy Women’s Fitness Bootcamps in Meanwood Park, thought he was mad! But it paid off. It was that clarity of plan that helped the team to achieve success.

“No one gave us much of a chance in that first game against Scotland last year. It was great to get that win. Seven new players were capped that day. Then it was Italy in the snow. We just lost against Wales and then there were wins against France and Ireland.”

Understanding the culture

Stuart came to the job not only having played the game and coached for 20 years, he also knew a lot of the players, understood the culture and worked in it – all of which gave him a

big advantage.“The Union was supportive. I had

coached a lot of the players anyway and I was offering them the opportunity to play for England, so they were very sup-portive. I think the management team, physios, conditioners and everyone were all frustrated about how The World Cup had gone and wanted a new sense of direction. When I came along and pro-vided that they were relieved.”

Engaging hearts and minds

As with many things, there is more to winning than being technically good. It’s a matter of winning hearts and minds both on and off the pitch.

“You have to want to win, want to play for your team-mates, and be ready to go that extra mile. It is not something that just happens. You have to give the players a reason why. I do lots of things to motivate them and make it special – including speakers with a wide range of experiences. You have to capitalize on the emotional energy and communicate well to get that extra 10%.”

A young team

We’ve had the tour to South Africa and Autumn Internationals, and now the Six Nations, and with such a great begin-ning you can feel the sense of expecta-tion rising on a daily basis. This is a very young England team – how will they fare?

“They may be young, but they will not be so young come 2015! I have known a lot of them for years. We’ve got to hold our nerve during the good times and the bad. I think these players will come through and be great England players beyond 2015. It’s great that they have this opportunity to build their experi-ence. We can’t go into The World Cup inexperienced.

“For me it’s a two-way challenge – we have to win in the here and now, to beat Scotland, to beat Ireland etc. – but also

IT’S JUST A YEAR SINCE STUART LANCASTER WAS APPOINTED ENGLAND COACH, AFTER SIX MONTHS AS INTERIM COACH. IT WAS AN INTENSE TIME. THERE WERE APPLICATIONS FROM HIGH QUALITY COACHES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND TALK OF PERHAPS APPOINTING SOMEONE FROM THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. BUT, STUART WON THROUGH.

STUART LANCASTER – IT’S ALL ABOUT WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS

build a team that’s capable of winning in 2015. That’s the bigger picture. We are only going to have a World Cup in England once in the next 20 years, we don’t want to waste this opportunity by being underprepared. When they offered me the job I understood the responsibility that went along with it. It’s big honour, but also a big responsibility. I feel the weight on my shoulders already!”

Connecting with the grassroots

Had England Rugby lost its way a bit? “A year ago we were in danger of losing

our connection with the grass roots. People were fed up and frustrated with the way England was playing and per-forming off the field. The majority of the rugby public can take not winning every game as long as the players behave in a manner that befits international players and play in a style the fans can relate to.

Analysing every game

Having watched the film ‘Moneyball’ about a baseball team on a winning streak, attributed to analysing each game in detail, are statistics important?

“I’ve seen the film and even read the book. Statistics are important, but only to a point. I base a lot of my decisions on my gut feeling, the emotional feel, and decide on what feels right at the time. It is more intuition. A good coach can sense the right thing to do and you don’t need analytics to tell you. That’s my view – I’m quite old school though!

“The critical thing is not to make re-peated errors or you end up conceding points. When you start chasing the game you’re in trouble.”

Working with future players

Stuart can’t get away from coach-ing! He coaches young people regularly at West Park Rugby Club in Bramhope. “I’ve always done it. I enjoy coaching, helping people get better, and building teams. Unfortunately I can’t do it all the time but I probably do half the games in the season. It’s good for the opposition too when they turn up and see me on the sideline. It motivates them! I enjoy that part of the job. It keeps me connected with the grassroots game and keeps me grounded – there’s no chance of me getting carried away!

I spend a lot of time talking about the core values of rugby and making sure my players abide by them and demonstrate them so we can be good role models and set a good example to young people. As a consequence, the popularity of the sport will grow.”

Grounded in North Leeds

A year ago, the team came to its first camp in Leeds. They were due to go to Portugal! Was there a certain Northern bias?

“There’s a certain Northern prag-matism about me. I think that helps the team. To me it made sense to come to Leeds – I know a lot of people here. I know the restaurants, hotels etc.

“What’s more, I’ve a good group of friends and people I’ve played with. Nina and I have lived here for over 20 years. All our friends are here. People know me as Stuart, not as the England coach. You can get caught up in the trappings. Being able to come back to Leeds is a great leveler.”

You have to want to win, want to play for your team-mates, and be ready to go that extra mile

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Dr Clive Peedell, a consultant from Middlesbrough, did just that last year because he was increasingly concerned about what he saw of the dangers to patient care from the selling-off of our NHS.

Now Dr Peedell is coming to Leeds to address a public meeting about the threat to our NHS and what it means for us as patients. The meeting, organised by Leeds Hospital Alert, will be at 7pm on Thursday 14th March in Lecture Theatre C, The Rosebowl, Leeds Metropolitan University, Portland Crescent, LS1.

What drove Dr Peedell to do his run? Hardly a day now passes without a report about the threat to patient care from privatisation of the NHS. For example,

in London the largest private provider of NHS out-of-hours GP services has cut the service to such a degree that it is regularly unsafe. Elsewhere in London, a privatised GP practice simply termi-nated its service to patients because of financial mismanagement.

These examples of the dangers which patients face from privatised health care will become increasingly common as the government’s changes to the NHS come more into effect this year.

We need to be on the look-out for privatisation of our NHS services here in Leeds. Our GPs now decide whether or not we have these services in Leeds, and may wish to refer us to them. In view of the track record of privatised health care

in the UK, we need to tell our GPs that we do not want more of these privatised services in Leeds, and especially that we do not want to be referred to them. What we want is to be treated by publicly provided NHS services where there is no profit motive encouraging those who manage the service to boost their income by cutting back on patient care.

If you share these concerns, or want to know more, please come to hear Dr Clive Peedell speak on 14th March. Leeds Hospital Alert is a group of local people who campaign to keep our NHS safe from privatisation and poor care. If you support our campaign, or want to know more, please contact us on 0113 278 5495, or info@leedshospitalalert.org.uk, or write to us at The Cardigan Centre, 145 / 147 Cardigan Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ. Jeremy PritloveLeeds Hospital Alert

WHY WOULD A BUSY NHS CANCER CONSULTANT RUN FROM CARDIFF TO LONDON TO HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF PRIVATISATION IN OUR NHS?

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MOOR ALLERTON GOLF CLUB TO HOST PGA EUROPRO TOURMOOR ALLERTON GOLF CLUB HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A HOST VENUE FOR THE SEPTEMBER LEG OF THE 2013 PGA EUROPRO TOUR.

The PGA EuroPro Tour has played a vital role in the early careers of some of the biggest names in golf, including Nicolas Colsaerts, Ross Fisher, Louis Oost-huizen and Charl Schwartzel. It promises to be an exciting year with a total prize fund of over £500,000.

Moor Allerton’s pristine 27-hole course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Senior, will prove a challenge for professionals from all over the UK and Ireland, with some coming from even further afield.

“We are anticipating a week packed full of excitement”, said Moor Allerton’s Head Professional James Whitaker. “This is our 90th anniver-sary year so it couldn’t be timed better. We look forward to welcoming golfers and supporters from far and wide.”

Moor Allerton’s pristine 27-hole course will prove a challenge

MIDNIGHT WALK AIMS TO SIGN UP 1,000 WALKERS!

ver 200 women have already signed up for the St Gemma’s Hospice 2013 Leeds Midnight Walk and

there’s another four months to go before the event! The hospice is hoping that at least another 800 will join them and turn this fantastic fundraising event into a hugely enjoyable, successful evening.

The 2013 Midnight Walk sets off at 10pm from Xercise 4 Less Gym in Kirkstall on Saturday 18th May. There will be a fabulous party atmosphere before the walk, helping to get all the participants ready to pound the pavements of Leeds and raise loads of money for St Gemma’s.

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GSAL SPONSORSHIP FOR YORKSHIRE JETS COACHNETBALL COACH ALEX KIRK, WHO HAS ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS WITH HER STUDENT TEAMS, IS HERSELF BACK PLAYING TOP FLIGHT NETBALL, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT LEEDS (GSAL).

A lex came through initial trials and a 12 week programme of fitness and ball skills to earn her selection to the

Yorkshire Jets squad, which is about to start its second season of competi-tion in the Netball Superleague.

As player coach with the Jets Alex has a wealth of experience to bring to the team. She represented England in the U17, U19 and U21 age groups and took up her first coaching role just a year after leaving school. She now combines her coaching role at GSAL with the post of Head of Performance for Netball at the University of Leeds. Having coached GSAL’s Under 16 netball team to the national schools title in 2012, she was herself tempted back into playing after working with the Yorkshire Jets last year

as their technical support coach.“While the training is tough, it’s

well worth it to be playing matches again”, said Alex. “Being on court myself gives me a valuable insight into the game as a coach. It’s a great experience and GSAL’s sponsorship is vital – without that kind of support the club couldn’t survive.”

“We are incredibly grateful to partners like GSAL for their support”, said Gareth Weaver-Tyler, Franchise Director for Yorkshire Jets. “Our sport is driven locally by dedicated volun-teers, so community and commercial funding is critical to our survival. We run a high performance programme for some of the most talented athletes in the country, all of whom are either studying or working full-time on top of their 15 to 20 hours training per week.”

SUPERLEAGUE NETBALL IN YORKSHIRE

The Yorkshire Jets is one of only eight UK netball teams awarded franchises to play in the Netball Superleague, the top netball league in the country.

Netball is the fastest growing female participation sport in the UK and, following the recent UK win against Australia, this trend is likely to continue. An England Netball pro-gramme, ‘Back to Netball’, funded by Sport England, was named Best Sport Project in the National Lottery Awards 2012. The programme encourages women of all ages to take up the sport and rediscover their love of netball.

The Jets recently held their first major fundraising event – a very suc-cessful Fashion Show at The Arc in Headingley. Netball is an amateur sport in the UK. Playing in this na-tional league, and supporting the players, coaches and officials will be expensive. The team aims to become financially sustainable through ticket sales, merchandise revenue and other fundraising events.

The Yorkshire Jets includes players from Yorkshire, Humberside and Lancashire. Home matches are played in the new Netball Arena on the Headingley campus of Leeds Metropolitan University. Superleague matches are televised on Sky Sports, and over the past two seasons, over 2,500,000 people have tuned in to watch this amazing sport!

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The ‘head chef’ was Conor Davies, a lead space educator with the National Space Academy, the educational arm of the Leicester-based National Space Centre. As part of a space master class at GSAL he mixed water, sand, carbon, red wine and Worcester sauce together with lashings of dry ice and cooked it at a temperature of minus 78 degrees Celsius, creating a comet.

As well as seeing a comet take shape before their eyes, the students considered the contributions of space technology to modern life, from nappies to fake snow, and created a scale model of the solar system - if the sun is a football, the earth is a pep-percorn 25 metres away. They calculated the area of solar panels needed to power the Hubble telescope and learned about the search for life on other planets.

Following a successful pilot last year in Leicester, the National Space Academy is rolling out the master class programme across the UK. “By bringing space science into the classroom we encourage students to consider the implications of space tech-nology on our lives and inspire them to pursue STEM subjects further”, explained Conor Davies.

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DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME – SPACE EDUCATOR COOKS UP A COMET IN CLASSYEAR 9 PUPILS FROM THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT LEEDS (GSAL), DAVID YOUNG COMMUNITY ACADEMY, ROUNDHAY AND LAWNSWOOD SCHOOLS, RECENTLY LEARNT A NEW RECIPE THAT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD!

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GSAL MATHS TEAM WINS POSTER COMPETITIONTHE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT LEEDS (GSAL) MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGE TEAM, COMPRISING VANDAN PARMAR AND TRINA SEAL OF THE LOWER SIXTH WITH PHILIP BOYLE-SMITH (UPPER SIXTH) AND MARCUS ROBERTS (YEAR 11), RECENTLY COMPETED AGAINST THE BEST 62 TEAMS IN THE UK IN THE SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE, RUN BY UNITED KINGDOM MATHEMATICAL TRUST.

The final, held in London, had two parts: the team competition and a poster contest.

For the poster competition the team had to design a poster on a mathematical topic. The GSAL’s team won this category and the design will be produced as a poster and sent to all schools. Each team

member received a copy of a book on Venn diagrams and a gold certificate.

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Active Women Leeds Cycle rides 3rd Sun of month, 11am leaving from Waitrose car park, Meanwood. Circular routes along quiet roads or off road cycle paths around north Leeds. Free. Details: 395 7364, www.goskyride.com/breeze.

Last Man Stands are looking for additional teams to enter their winter indoor & summer outdoor cricket leagues. They cater for all standards. Details: Paul 07795 154444, leeds@lastmanstands.co.uk

Leeds English Folk Dancing Society Weds, Meanwood Methodist Church (School Room), 7.30 – 9.30pm. Details: Derry Fletcher 07792 319744

Leeds Tai Chi Academy Weekly class Mon 7-9pm at Chapel Allerton Primary School, Harrogate Rd, LS7. £5/4. Details: 07581 217074

Like to Walk? Join a group of walkers who meet Tues twice a month for 10 – 12 mile walks starting 10am. Details: Richard 267 3623

Lindy Hop Dance Classes Mon 8 – 11pm, Moortown Social Club, LS17 5LA. Beginners 8pm, Intermediate 9.30pm, Followed by social dancing. £5. Details: Joyce 278 9891, www.swingjiveleeds.com

Meanwood Amateur Boxing Club Mon & Wed 5.45pm, Meanwood Workingmen’s Club, Stonegate Rd. Beginners welcome. Details: 07890 398968

Moortown Rugby Union Respect, teamwork, discipline, fun. Brilliant club for under 7s (Year 2) to adults. They train & play Sun 10:30am at Moss Valley, LS17 7NT. Details: Damian Curtis 07860 454701, damian.curtis@bt.com or www.pitchero.com/clubs/moortownrufc/

Pudsey & District Rambling Club Walks of 5 - 10 miles Sun & alt Thurs. New members welcome in this friendly, long

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ARTS & CRAFTS

Chinese Brush Painters Society Sun 10 March: Painting Chrysanthemums with a Butterfly in the meticulous style with Anne Allan. Sat 23 March: Yan (Morica) Wang demonstrates how to paint fish. Both 10am – 4pm at Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane. New members welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, mail@cbpsyorks.co.uk

Flower Arranging Classes Wed 7 – 9pm at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley, LS17. NAFAS trained teacher. Beginners & experienced arrangers welcome! Next course starts 19 Sept Details: Judy Watker 07538 132053, 261 2379, watkers@btinternet.com

Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Spring Art Exhibition & Sale Sat 4, Sun 5 & Mon 6 May, 10am – 5pm at Ripley Town Hall, Nr Harrogate HG3 3AX. Adm free. Details: www.handnart.co.uk

North Leeds Calligraphers Tues 10am – 12 noon at St Andrew’s Church, Devonshire Crescent, LS8. Learn the art of beautiful writing. Details: 269 6414

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Community Cafe 11am – 2pm at Stainbeck United Reformed Church. Bookstall, ENEHL Debt & Benefit Advice, Police Contact Point, free wifi & help available. Followed by craft club.

Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month, The Rose Garden in front of The Arc on North Lane. 9am – 12.30pm.

Leeds Feline Friends Spring Fair Sat 16 March, 10am – 1pm at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Horsforth (corner of Hall

Lane & Church Rd). Variety of stalls including Easter Egg tombola, books & cakes. Delicious refreshments. Many bargains to be found!

Oakwood Farmers’ Market Sat 16 March, It’s the Market’s 5th Anniversary! 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock. GROUPS/CLUBS

Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips & social events. Details: Dave Senior 282 1818, www.airyorkshire.org.uk

Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs, 8.30pm, The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome. Details: 391 0403, www.alwoodleymc.org.uk.

Friends of Allerton Grange Fields Friendly group of volunteers working to maintain & enhance Allerton Grange Fields off Lidgett Lane, LS17. New volunteers welcome to join events & activities, including litter picks, bulb & tree planting, shrub clearance. Details: foagf@outlook.com, www.friendsallertongrange.org, www.facebook.com/friendsofallertongrangefields

Friends of Leeds City Museums raise funds to finance acquisitions for Leeds’ museums, through a range of exciting trips & social events. New members very welcome. Details: 269 3899, jspearsonster@gmail.com

Friends of University Art and Music (Leeds) helps to foster the musical & artistic outreach of the University of Leeds. Membership open to all. Regular activities. Details: 343 2584, www.leeds.ac.uk/fuam

Headingley Games Club Thurs 6.30 – 10.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Boardgames: Settlers, Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, mst Euro-games, etc. Tabletop games: 40k, Hordes, Flames of War, War

machine, etc & Role Playing Games. Details: 275 9762, http://headingleygamesclub.com/ Facebook group: Headingley Games Club

Human Writes in Leeds (HWIL) meets monthly in central Leeds (daytime). Participants bring a short piece of their writing which is then discussed in the group. Details of venue & dates: Warwick 07714720234 warwick.t@ntlworld.com

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached with a zest for life. Monthly programme of events. Not a dating agency. Details: 262 1455 or 261 2619, www.kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly.com

Leeds Book Club 2nd Sun, 6pm at The White Swan, Leeds City Centre. 3rd Sun, 5 – 7pm at Arcadia in Headingley. 2nd Wed, 7pm at Medusa Bar, Horsforth. Details: www.leedsbookclub.com, leedsbookclub@gmail.com

Leeds Bridge Club Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre (MASSC), Stonegate Rd, LS17 Beginners classes: Mon 2 – 4.15pm, Fri 7 – 9.15pm. Improvers: Tues 12.45 – 3pm, Fri 10 – 12.15pm, Fri 7 – 9.15pm. Details: Gill Copeland 225 7237, www.leedsbridgeclub.com

Leeds Caledonian Society Mon 15 April, 8 – 10pm, final Club Night of season at The Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Details: 267 0424

Leeds Combined Arts Cultural Poetry & Music Evening Wed 20 March, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. Guest Poets & Music by IMOWI (Indian Music on Western Instruments). Entry £5 /£3.50

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: Beatrice Rogers 278 5495, info@leedshospitalalert.org.uk

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Leeds Microscopical Society can help anyone interested in using a microscope. Details: Mike Smith 293 5991,leedsmicroscopical.org.uk

Leeds Movie Makers Get more out of your camcorder & film making. Stainbeck United Reformed Church Hall, Stainbeck Lane (rear entrance), Fri 7:30pm. Details: George Woolley 225 6444, Doreen Wood 278 2972.

Leeds Oxfam Group Lively group campaigning on issues of interest to everyone concerned about global justice. Panel discussion planned on importance of international aid. Volunteers needed to fill interesting roles. Details: www.oxfamleeds.org.uk/, or Facebook

Leeds Photographic Society, the oldest photographic society in the world, meets Tues 7.30pm in St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. Members of all skill levels from beginner to pro. Visitors & prospective members welcome. Details: 265 0651, www.lps1852.co.uk

Let’s Go LEEDS! Free, volunteer run social group organising a variety of events in North Leeds, city centre & around. All ages & friendly people welcome. Details: www.lets-go-leeds.co.uk

North Leeds Model Flying Club New members very welcome, experienced or beginners. Building or flying, plenty of friendly advice. Regular meetings at Horsforth or airfield at Almscliff Crag. Details: 217 8348, www.nlmfc.org

Otley & Wharfedale MacMillan Cancer Support Fundraising Group covers NW Leeds & meets monthly to plan events. Looking for new members. Details or to book a speaker: 261 3758/ 01943 467299

Paxton Horticultural Society Spring Show Sat 6 April at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Open to public 2 – 4.30pm. Schedules available from Graham Wheatley 256 3055

Social Events Club Meals, pub nights, theatre/film/music, walks, badminton, book group,

weekends away, holidays & more. Mainly over 30s. Monthly new members’ night in North Leeds. Details: www.leedsivc.org.uk

Talking Allowed in Leeds (TAIL) meets Fri 15 March, 1.45pm in Veritas Ale & Wine Bar, Great George St. This month’s topic: ‘Are there any certainties except death & taxes?’ Details: Warwick 07714 720234 warwick.t@ntlworld.com

Trackrod Motor Club Meets 1st Tues of each month, 9.30pm at Old Modernians Club, Cookridge Lane. New Members welcome. Details: www.trackrodmotorclub.co.uk MUSIC

Alwoodley Community Choir Friendly, sociable group of singers meets Wed, 6.15 – 7.45pm downstairs in The Lord Darcy, Harrogate Rd. New members always welcome – especially more men! Currently working on new material, including Les Mis medley. Details: Jean 07855 059990

Lawnswood Singers A female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge. Good female singers welcome to try us out. Wide repertoire & friendly people! Details: Brenda Hawer 267 1292, www.lawnswoodsingers.co.uk

Leeds Guild of Singers Welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Do you sight-read? Would you like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details: Liz at secretary@leedsguildofsingers.org.uk

Leeds People’s Choir Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm at Swarthmore Education Centre, 2 - 7 Woodhouse Sq. LS3. Details: 243 2210 www.leedspeopleschoir.org.uk

North Leeds Friendship Centre Friendly group for retired people & over 50s, offering friendship, outings, lunches, ten pin bowling, theatre visits & more. Social afternoons with speakers every 2nd Fri of month, 2pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre, Stonegate Rd. New members

welcome. Details: Eileen 269 0084

Moor Voices Wed (fortnightly), 7.30 – 9pm, Old Tetley Hall, Headingley. Informal singing group. Beautiful harmonies from around the world. Led by Angela Michel. No auditions, no singing alone, no experience needed. Details: 278 3120, airasa.ms@gmail.com

Phoenix Concert Band Community concert band for players of Grade 6 standard & over. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at The Grammar School at Leeds, Tebb Room in music department. To join or book the band for a concert visit www.phoenixband.co.uk or email: secretary@phoenixband.co.uk Players for Pleasure offers playing opportunities to adult amateur musicians. All levels, beginners to advanced. All instruments & all ages over 18. New performers especially welcome. Friendly, informal & supportive atmosphere. Details: www.playersforpleasure.co.uk

Society of Recorder Players – meets 2nd & 4th Sat pm in Bingley & Headingley. Different conductors take each meeting. Intermediate players, all recorders. New members welcome. Details: Caroline 01943 467348

Singing to Raise Funds Fairfax Singers will bring some lovely music to help raise those much needed funds for your charity. 14 year reputation. Details: 01274 597024, 01943 877464 www.fairfaxsingers.org.uk

West Riding Opera has vacancies for chorus members to participate in concerts & staged opera selections. All voice ranges welcome, no audition. Details: 01274 595978, davewb8@sky.com

The White Rosettes Female barbershop chorus (four part unaccompanied harmony), 12 x national champions, rehearse Wed 7.30 – 10pm at Moorlands School, Foxhill Dr, Weetwood Lane, LS16. Details: Jan Spencer 07852 210640, membership@whiterosettes.org.uk

Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm. Friendly, informal string orchestra made up

of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome. Specific beginners group for those especially new to playing. Details: www.ylss.org SENIORS

Craft Club Thurs, 2.15 – 4pm at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd, LS7. Informal group for all crafting abilities & interests. Join in group activities or bring your own along. All welcome. Donation to cover materials welcome. Details: 393 0600, www.interact.uk.net

Leeds & Bradford Friendship Group meets 1st Wed of month, 1.30pm at Pudsey Civic Hall LS28 5TA. Speaker or entertainment at 2pm. Friendship & activities for people of retirement age. Days out, dining, walks, computers, etc. New members welcome. Details: 258 5955 or 267 5657

MAECare Coffee Mornings: 3rd Thurs, 10.30am –12, Moortown Methodist Church Hall, Alderton Rise, LS17. £2 /£2.50. Music & Memories: 1st Thurs, 10.30am – 12, Moortown Social Club, £1.50. Creative Crafts: Mon 10.30am – 12.30pm, Methodist Church Hall. £3. Nintendo Wii: 1st Tues, 10.30am – 12, Moorhaven Court, LS17 £1. MAECare Strollers: fortnightly, 10.30am 57 Cranmer Bank. Short, accessible walks. Details: MAECare 266 0371

Roundhay Tea & Chat Club Tues 1.45 – 3.30pm at Terry Yorath House, Devonshire Ave. Club for over 70s who would like to make new friends & take part in wide range of activities. £1. Details: Carole 269 6632

Stainbeck URC Lunch Club Stainbeck Rd. Mon & Wed, 11am – 1.30pm (£4). Meal, friendship, gentle exercise. Transport provided. Volunteers welcome. Details: Avril or Brian 293 5847, Angela 225 3766

U3A Leeds is a friendly, lively organisation for anyone no longer in full time work. Over 20 special interest groups & fortnightly talks on various topics, held at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Club. Details: 07552 448834, www.u3aleeds.org.uk

SPIRITUAL

Fourth Way Philosophy & Meditation Group “Prepare yourself to play a role exteriorly & interiorly not to identify yourself” (G.I. Gurdjieff). Meetings in Leeds & Otley. Details: 07814 951231, rb@gurdjieff-leeds.com. The Leeds Gurdjieff Society

Free Group Meditation Sun 7- 8pm (ex 3rd Sun: 6.30-7.30pm). Experience peace & calm with guided meditations. Brahma Kumaris, West Park. Details: 275 7727, leeds@uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds

Hare Krishna Programme Tues 7 – 8.30pm at Cardigan Centre, 145 Cardigan Rd. LS6. Mantra Meditation, Kirtana Yoga, Enchanting Music, Ecstatic Dancing, Discourses on Bhagavad Gita & Great Vegetarian Food. Everyone welcome. Free. Details: 07726 688778, gouranga108@gmail.com

Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre. A contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition. Also classes in yoga & bodywork, chronic pain & stress management. Details: 244 5256, www.leedsbuddhistcentre.org

Leeds Healing Centre Fri 11am – 2.30pm at Burley Lodge Centre, 42-46 Burley Lodge Rd, LS6. Healing by members of The Healing Trust to aid relaxation & promote wellbeing. Also Thurs 7 – 8.30pm at Friends’ Meeting House, Roundhay, Donations appreciated. Details: 07985 121810, 01274 617700, www.leedshealingcentre.org

Leeds Theosophical Society Sun 3 March, 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2. Free Public Lecture ‘Time, Brain & Eternity’ by lifelong spiritual practitioner Christian Bodhi who will explore the mysteries of the brain & its connections with linear time & to future time. Details: www.ts-leeds.org.uk

Meditation & Modern Buddhism Classes Tue 7.30 - 9.30pm at Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Wetherby Rd, Oakwood, LS8; Thurs 7.30 - 9.30pm at Yorkshire Dance, 3 St Peter’s Building, Leeds LS9. Details: 265 2188, info@

meditationinleeds.org, or www.meditationinleeds.org

Moortown Baptist Church 204 King Lane, LS17. Sunday services 10.30am & 6pm. Range of toddler, children’s, youth, house groups & senior projects run through week. Details: 269 3750, www.moortownbaptistchurch.org.uk

Stainbeck United Reformed Church Stainbeck Rd. Sunday Worship 10.45am - family worship & Sunday Club followed by refreshments. Communion 2nd Sunday. Praise & reflection: Thurs 7.30 – 8pm.

Stillness Group Every Mon at Friends’ Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8. Based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now & A New Earth. Spend time in stillness with like minded friends. Details: Sally 07884 332644, www.peacenowhere.com SUPPORT

Arthritis Care Leeds Branch meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details: Pat 275 7694

Association of Blind Asians Leeds is looking for volunteers who would like to make a real difference to blind & partially sighted people in Leeds. Volunteers provide a valuable sighted guiding service which reduces isolation & increases the independence of visually impaired people. Details: Sonal 210 3347

Carers Leeds Offers support to young adult carers aged 18-30. Details: Nikki 07854 481061, Nikki.pattinson@carersleeds.org.uk Carers Leeds New Dementia Cafe 6 – 8 The Headrow, Leeds (opp Three Legs pub). Details: Lisa McAvan 246 8338

Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) & their families in North & West Yorkshire. Regular meetings. Details: 0845 130 6809, Leeds@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, www.groups.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Leeds

Different Strokes Invites stroke survivors to join them, Wed 1.45 – 3.45pm, Adel Stables, Back Church Lane. Incl. an hour of exercise. Details: Linda McLean 225 4744 Leeds Samaritans Confidential, non-judgemental support 24 hours a day for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 245 6789, 08457 909090

Overeaters Anonymous Meetings held Tues 7pm at HEART Headingley; Weds 6.30pm at Roundhay Friends Meeting House; Sat 10am at Rawdon Friends Meeting House. All welcome. Details: 07981 940603, www.oagb.org.uk

The Owls New city-wide informal childminding group offering support, training & information, & social events. Membership £5 pa. Details: 228 8509

Parkinson’s UK Leeds meet 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley. Support for anybody affected by Parkinson’s. Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth, Moortown. Details: Linda Thompson, 01943 461640

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club (affiliated with British Heart Foundation) is open to former cardiac patients & their partners. Opportunity to take part in exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale General Hospital. £3. Details: Clive Wilkinson 267 1721

The Yorkshire Cancer Help Centre is now at the Day Therapy Unit, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate two Saturdays each month, offering support for people with cancer & their loved ones. Details: Esme 01423 881392/ Karen 01937 573166, www.ychc.org.uk

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

Leeds Astronomical Society meets 2nd Wed of month with a guest speaker presentation & regular telescope nights at Quaker Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors

welcome, first visit free. Details: info@leedsastronomy.org.uk, www.leedsastronomy.org.uk

Leeds Geological Association Thurs 7 March, 7.15pm in the Conference Auditorium, University of Leeds (at rear of Sports Centre). Lecture: ‘The Complex & Dynamic Inner Core of the Earth’ by Dr. Jon Mound, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Visitors welcome. Details & directions: www.leedsga.org.uk

Lunchtime Talk: Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh Fri 15 March 12.30-1.30pm at Leeds Central Library about objects in Brotherton Library Special Collections. Chris Sheppard, Brotherton Fellow, University of Leeds explores what the original manuscript can tell us about the novel. Tickets $4/£3 from 224 3801

RSPB Leeds meets Wed 20 March, 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane for an illustrated talk by Colin Straker on ‘Kazakhstan: Birds of Mountain, Desert & Steppe’ - a journey to the Tien Shan Mountains in the Himalayas. All welcome. Details: rspbleeds@googlemail.com

Personal Development Discussion Group meets each month in Chapel Allerton. Like-minded individuals interested in developing themselves & those around them. Interesting speakers to educate, inspire & empower, followed by open discussion. Details: mikefm100@gmail.com

Royal Meteorological Society Monthly informal public talks on all aspects of weather & climate at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Free & open to all. Details: snorris@env.leeds.ac.uk, http://tinyurl.com/rmetsyc

Yorkshire Archaeological Society Sat 9 March, 11am at 23, Clarendon Rd, Leeds, lecture by Geoffrey Forster on ‘Joseph Priestley & Others – early members of Leeds Library’. Free drop-in sessions Tues 2 – 4pm for those needing help with family history research. Details: Mrs J. Butler 263 9540

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Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed of month at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. 6 March: ‘Cyprus” Aphrodite’s Island’ by Trish St George. 3 April: ‘Retirement? What retirement?’ with Maggi Poppa, former BBC journalist &broadcaster. Details: Mrs Huntley 230 1584 Methodist Women’s Luncheon Club (Leeds & District) Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings at Devonshire Hall, Headingley on 2nd Wed of each month. Good food & excellent speakers! Details: Shirley 257 9381.

Muslimah Mums’ Group A hub of sisterliness. Details: MuslimahMums@yahoo.co.uk,

Roundhay WI meets 2nd Thurs each month, 7.15pm at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Avenue LS8. A modern voice for today’s woman. Details: 266 5648

Thankful Familyz Group for women & children envisaged as a hub of sisterliness. Details: Thankfulfamilyz@yahoo.co.uk ‘

Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon, 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: www.sigbi.org/leeds The Tuesday Club - Ladies’ Lunch Group Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Road, Headingley, last Tues of month. Lunch at 12.30pm, followed by talk. Details: Heather Harrison 267 8437 hharrison578@btinternet.com

University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or grads. Regular events. Details: uleedslc@gmail.com

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon (11 & 25 March) at Farsley Library, Old Rd, LS28. A friendly environment in which to improve your speaking skills. Details: Pauline Neale, pauline.neale@ntlworld.com, 269 3542, or through www.the-asc.org.uk

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Drama Club Usually Wed 4.15 – 5.15pm, at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd, LS7 but check first. Fun, informal club for ages 7 – 14 living in LS7. Drama games & performance-arts skills to build confidence & develop friendships. Free. Details: 393 0600, www.interact.uk.net

Leeds Junior Chess Club Meets Sun 5.30 – 7.30pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, Alwoodley. Ideal for ages 7-18 of all standards. Coaching from accredited coaches, competitive & friendly play, fun tournaments. Details: John Hipshon 226 7759, www.leedsjuniorchess.org.uk

Youth Club Mon in term time. Ages 8 – 12: 7 – 8.30pm; ages 13+: 7 – 9pm. Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd. LS7. Games, crafts, table tennis, pool, PS3, Wii, events. Details: 393 0600, www.interact.uk.net

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Beechtree Steiner Parent & Child Groups Welcoming & supportive environment for babies, toddlers, parents/carers. Imaginative play, baking or seasonal crafts, songs, puppet story. Groups Mon–Fri am Old Tetley Hall, Headingley & Tues am Stainbeck Community Hall, Chapel Allerton. Details: 269 0262, enquiries@leeds-steiner.org.uk

Charity Fashion Show Thurs 7 March, 7.30pm at Weetwood Hall. Featuring clothes from Sue Ryder Vintage & Retro shop, Headingley, plus from other local shops & designers. Raffle, auction of show items & stalls. Tickets £10/ £15 VIP from shop 57 Otley Rd Headingley, 274 5193. In aid of Wheatfields Hospice.

Great Daffodil Appeal Marie Curie Cancer Care needs volunteers to help raise much-needed funds during Great Daffodil Appeal in March. The money raised will help Marie Curie Nurses to provide free care to people with a terminal illness in their own homes. Details: 01274 86191, www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil.

Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary Westwood Lane, LS16. Visitors welcome 10am – 2.45pm. Free

admission. Donations welcome. Details: 261 4344 For events & pony days visit www.hopepastures.org

Leeds Children’s Circus Tues 5.45 – 6.45pm under 10s; 7 – 8pm over 10s. Adults 1st & 3rd Tues 8pm at Harehills Lane Baptist Church, Hilton Place LS8 4HF Details: info@leedschildrenscircus.org.ukwww.leedschildrenscircus.org.uk Leeds & Moortown Furniture Store Registered charity that collects donated/unwanted furniture & passes it on to people in need. Call to arrange convenient pick up times. Details: 273 9727, leedsandmoortown.org.uk

Model Railway Exhibition Sat 9 March, 10am – 5pm at Benton Park School, Harrogate Rd. Rawdon LS19 6LX. Working layouts in all popular narrow gauge modeling scales. Steam & electric. Full range of trade & society stands. Adm. £6/£1 accompanied children (6-16). In aid of Wheatfields Hospice. Details: www.narrowgaugenorth.org.uk

Public Meeting: Defending the NHS: The Way Ahead Thurs 14 March, 7pm at The Rosebowl (Lecture Room C) Leeds Metropolitan University Portland Crescent, LS1.Speaker Clive Peedell, National Health Action Party, Co-chair NHS Consultants Association, BMA Council, consultant oncologist. Sponsored by Leeds Hospital Alert & Leeds Keep Our NHS Public. Details: leedshospitalalert.org.uk, info@leedshospitalalert.org.uk, leedskonp@yahoo.co.uk

Annual Science Fair Sat 23 March, 10am – 4.30pm, Leeds City Museum. Arranged by Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society & featuring exhibits from local scientific societies, including Leeds Astronomical Society, Leeds Microscopical Society, Rodley Nature Reserve, Bee Keepers, Mad Science, Leeds University & the City Museum’s own collections. Free admission. Details: Dr R Jakeways r.jakeways@btopenworld.com

Terry Pratchett’s ‘Maskerade’ Thurs 21 – Sat 23 March, 7.30pm in Memorial Hall, St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Shaftesbury Ave. Roundhay. Presented by RoCo Dramatic Society, produced by Lee Wallace & Charlotte Hodge & adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs. Tickets £5/ £3 child from 268 3402 from 3 March

Volunteers Wanted! The Beehive 67 Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton – small, volunteer run shop selling Fairtrade products & providing information on fairtrade & related issues is desperately seeking volunteers! Details: 262 2975, thebeehiveleeds@yahoo.co.uk

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