Yorkshire Wartime Experience 2-5 July 2015

The Yorkshire Wartime Experience 2015 will have a Battle of Britain flypast, see website for details:

www.ywe-event.info

The North of Englands Largest WWI & WWII Military Vehicle & Living History Event.
Over 300 Military Vehicles and Over 50 Re-enactment Group Displays.

CELEBRATE.... COMMEMORATE.... EDUCATE...

Held in 30 acres of land to the south west of Leeds with easy access to the M62 (junction 26) the Yorkshire Wartime Experience provides an opportunity for us to begin to understand what it was like to live through and serve in the wars and conflicts of the 20th century....

Visitors can witness battles re enacted in meticulous detail by respected living history groups, walk amongst "British Tommies" of the first world war "GI Joes" from the beaches of Normandy,the Womens land army of the Second world war to more recent conflicts. There will also be some of the largest and rarest military vehicles both on static display, and during the daily vehicle parades.

Schools day is 2 July and general public admission from the 3rd.

WEBSITE www.ywe-event.info

E-Mail Address yorkshirewartimeexperience@live.com



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Asia House at Leeds Big Bookend Festival 6 June

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The Leeds Big Bookend Festival Welcomes Asia House with JEMIMAH STEINFELD and SUNJEEV SAHOTA on Saturday 6th June, Central Library, Leeds To download our programme and for all events and ticket information, visit our website, www.bigbookend.co.uk.  Follow us on  Facebook/BigBookend and Twitter/BigBookend.

Jemimah Steinfeld will talk about her debut book Little Emperors and Material Girls: Sex and Youth in China . She will be in conversation with Ellen Wang from the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds. This is a free event, 11.00 -12.00, but booking is recommended.Click here. Leeds-based writer Sunjeev Sahota will talk about his latest book The Year of the Runaways (published June 2015), which tells the story of 13 young men who live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Sahota will be in conversation with Dr Katy Shaw from Leeds Beckett University,12.30 - 13.30. Tickets cost £3 and can be purchased here.

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Media City UK newsletter

Here is the latest newsletter from Media City UK:

May 2015 An exciting new development at MediaCityUK named ‘Tomorrow’ is underway The £20m project totals over 100,000 sq ft and fronts onto Broadway. It features a 112-bed hotel - enhancing the offering at MediaCityUK as a visitor destination as well as new offices and studio space to meet the increasing demand for the fast-growing creative and digital industries. Find out more One of UK’s top hypnotherapists brings his practice to MediaCityUK Costa Lambrias, the renowned hypnotherapist and self-development coach, has relocated his business to the Greenhouse, MediaCityUK. Costa, who has over 25 years’ experience, hopes to impart his passion for self-esteem through his practice; believing that everyone has a right to be happy. Find out more Tiki bar opens for the summer at MediaCityUK The team behind the Dockyard MediaCityUK are getting in the mood for summer with the launch of a new pop-up bar called ‘The Shack’. The Tiki-style bar (located at the heart of the Piazza), opened on the 1st May and is serving tropical-style drinks and fresh food from a vibrant wooden style shack adorned with Tiki  heads, drift wood, curios and palm trees. Find out more On your marks for the Nuffield Salford Triathlon 2015 at MediaCityUK The iconic Nuffield Salford Triathlon is making its way back to MediaCityUK (Sun 26th July) and has a limited number of places left - after signing up a record amount of eager participants. The tri-sport challenge, which has become one of the largest events of its kind in the north-west, offers 1000 triathletes of all abilities, racing on a fast flat course around MediaCityUK, taking in locations such as the new home for ITV’s Coronation Street, the Imperial War Museum North and the Lowry Theatre. Find out more Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Forward to a Friend   Sky News @SkyNews : @KayBurley has arrived at @MediaCityUK and will be streaming behind the scenes live on @periscopeco in two minutes! Tom Syndicate @ProSyndicate: .@jrmadeley @MediaCityUK is the future! BBC Radio6 @BBC6Music : Sunny Easter Monday crowds here on the @MediaCityUK beach @ChrisHawkinsUK in for @BBCRadMac #deckchairs http://t.co/1OO7Qkcsfo Hayley Soraya @HayleySoraya: @TheDockyardMCUK: Is everyone enjoying themselves in the sun @MediaCityUK? Pull up a deckchair and grab a pint #SummerIsHere Manchester Evening News @MENNewsDesk: Work starts on £20m Tomorrow project at MediaCityUK http://t.co/5A4LApJ4zK http://t.co/rL5ZYqCqbl   @MediaCityUK More from MediaCityUK The Salford Triathlon - July 26 Find out more Prince’s Trust Dragon Boat - 13 June Find out more Quays Festival Mini Burble - 14-18 July Find out more View all events here I am Lesley-Anne from Red Production Co Lesley-Anne Smith is PA to Nicola Shindler – Red Production Company. How did you get your job? I’d been on maternity leave from A Question of Sport (BBC), when I heard about the position.  I applied and landed the role in 2009. I now manage a team of three and we work together as almost a small production unit. What skills and personality do you feel you need to enable you to do your job and where did you learn/ develop your skills? A pre-requisite is the need to be extremely organised; as I have to be two steps ahead of everyone else. I’ve always loved organising - so I’m in my element. Read more on the website Home | Space | Living | Occupiers | Studios | Talent | Destination | News Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Forward a Friend MediaCityUK The Greenhouse, MediaCityUK, Salford M50 2EQ Enquiries: +44 (0) 161 886 5300 hello@mediacityuk.co.uk mediacityuk.co.uk © MediaCityUK

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Brighouse 1940s weekend 5, 6 and 7 June

There is a 1940s weekend coming up on 5, 6 and 7 June in Brighouse, full details below:

Amazing Brighouse 1940's Weekend NEWS!

Brighouse 1940’s Weekend is the premier 1940s event in the country. The whole town centre will be taken over with displays & re-enactments, singing and dancing. It’s all free to enter. From Friday June 5th to Sunday June 7th the whole town centre will be taken over with displays, re-enactments, music, dance and family entertainment, people in 40s outfits, 40s shop windows and displays of vintage vehicles, re-enactors, singers, dancers, military displays, RAF flyover, a vintage market and parades. Music of the era is performed by top singers on four stages & two dance areas. There will be a fun fair, steam train and donkey rides.      On Friday night at the Civic Hall, Brandyn Shaw & his Rhythm Makers put on a night of music & dance. At the Central Methodist Church there will be a humorous play about D Day veterans, “Le Grand Return” by Talking Stock Productions.

Saturday sees a variety show at the Civic, with a matinee and evening performances and a dance at the Assembly Rooms featuring the NyteBeat Glenn Miller sound. Sunday night features the Calderdale Big Band.   See www.brighouse1940s weekend.co.uk or ring 01484 722462. Tickets are available from Harrison Lord, Simply Flowers and Ryecorn Wholefoods in Brighouse or online.   Copyright © 2015 BBI, All rights reserved.        Our mailing address is: BBI 5 Bradford Road Brighouse, West Yorkshire HD6 1RW United Kingdom Add us to your address book