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  • TV magic and mystery heads for the moor

    FACES from across Wharfedale will be appearing on our television screens over the coming weeks in seven-part BBC fantasy series Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.Set in England in the early 19th century, the BBC series which began on Sunday night (May 17

  • The Flying Dutchman heads to Leeds

    THE PERFECT introduction to the music of Richard Wagner will be staged with a production of The Flying Dutchman in Leeds.Opera North will perform the work this Summer following the company's four triumphant instalments of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen

  • Blues festival comes to town

    A NEW festival is to join the calendar of local events this autumn, as Ilkley Blues Festival comes to town.Preparations for the first festival on Saturday September 26 are now in full progress.The idea has come from local blues band, Dr Bob and the Bluesmakers

  • Great British Food Festival was more international

    Over 100 food producers and street food vendors were selling their pickles, jams, bakes, cheese, pates and pies at the Great British Food Festival at the weekend with the backdrop of Harewood House.However, the food on offer was more international than