If Champagne is the king of sparkling wine, and Prosecco its party-mad princess, where does that leave Cava, Spain’s traditional fizz? It’s certainly no ugly sister. In fact, it’s one of Spain’s most celebrated sparkling wines. But… did you know Cava is much more than bubbles and tradition?
We are delighted that Julia Chapman will be joining us in the shop to share the final instalment of her much loved Dales Detective Series, ‘Date with Destiny‘ which is due for publication on 27 March.
From death to danger and malice to mystery, Samson and Delilah have weathered many storms. Finally, things should be going smoothly. Except life’s never that simple in Bruncliffe, is it?
Join our expert team for this new in-depth talk exploring changing attitudes to sex, attraction and contraception.
Honey, crocodile dung and that old faithful, the post-coital coughing fit. It’s fair to say our idea of reliable contraception (and how regularly we use it) has changed over the years.
Join award-winning author Hiba Noor Khan as she talks about her powerful middle-grade book, Safiyyah's War. War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah’s life changes for ever. Her best friend’s family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city.
Part of Leeds Storytelling Festival 2025.
For one night only, expect our building to be pumping with a programme filled with the red stuff (and we don’t mean roses). Join us for an anti-valentine evening like no other, one that embraces the visceral life force of all beating hearts: blood!
This Thackray Late will be in full flow, with our usual blend expert talks and hands-on demonstrations, plus crafts, performances, and a chance to get up close to bloody brilliant objects from our museum collection.
Join Henry Moore Institute for a 30 minute introduction to their exhibitions The Traumatic Surreal and John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings, from one of their friendly Information Assistants.
They’re free and there’s no need to book, just drop in and join the tour guide at the welcome desk.
For this week's Visiting Artist's Talk at the University of Leeds we welcome Whiskey Chow, a London-based artist, activist and Chinese drag king.
A Talk By Dr Eric Kemp- Benedict, the University of Leeds.
About the Talk
How to make sense of the present moment? This talk presents one framing, drawing on the notion of the ‘Market Turn’ introduced by the Oxford economic historian Avner Offer. Beginning in the 1980s, the UK, together with the US and some other high-income countries, began to shift away from social democracy towards market liberalism – the Market Turn.
Join us for a tour of the Leeds Tapestry, an iconic needlework display which celebrates our city’s history and culture.
Learn about the beautiful needlework images and discover the stories behind their creation.
We’ll also be showing original design sketches and practice needlework samples from the Tapestry project.
The Creative Meet Up returns to The Attic Leeds.
Doing things a little bit differently to last time we have guest panel of industry professionals answering questions on todays hot topics within the creative industry.
Doors open at 6pm makes sure to get your tickets on Eventbrite, see Tickets below.