Beware of simplicity

Beware of simplicity

Jun 7, 2017 | Blog, discussion, leeds

Ellie Harrison talks about losing something precious and first impressions. I’m a Leeds based performer, artist and mentor of young people. Since 2010 I have been making a sequence of seven art projects called The Grief Series that create spaces where people can...
Turning Tables, Freeing Doves

Turning Tables, Freeing Doves

May 16, 2017 | Blog

In 2015 Leeds Church Institute put together a project called Passion4Leeds, where we explored what Jesus’ life might look like in 20th Century Leeds. As part of the project, we asked Methodist Minister Revd. Dan Woodhouse to pose as our Jesus for some Instagram-style...

Stories from the forest of Leeds

May 10, 2017 | Artwork, Big Bookend Festival, Blog, resource

Stories from the Forests of Leeds is a treasury of tales and artwork that imagine an alternative Leeds – a forest of weird and wonderful fairytale characters. Created by a group of local writers, led by local author, Daniel Ingram-Brown, it tells the story of those...

From Addict to Intern

May 9, 2017 | Blog

I grew up as part of quite a poor family in South Manchester. My mum was an alcoholic, and would spend most of the family’s money on drink. Neither of my parents worked, apart from the occasional cash in hand jobs that my dad would find. When I was 10 my mum committed...