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True Stories From The Forests of Leeds
In 2015 we put together Stories From The Forests of Leeds, a collection of short stories set in a fictional Leeds forest. To follow up we wanted to look at some of the real heroes and great stories that made Leeds the city it is. In today's podcast Lawrence Cockrill...
Beware of simplicity
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...
Lunchtime Conversation – Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen (Podcast)
Simon Hall leads us through Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen. This is an edited down recording from one of our lunchtime conversations. Shadow of the Galilean explores questions around the search for the historical Jesus through a fictional spy story set in...
Turning Tables, Freeing Doves
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
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
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...
Half Way There! Leeds Country Way Pilgrimage continues
by Pippa Woodhams Leeds Country Way Pilgrimage triumphantly reached the half way mark in February, having walked thirty-six miles in monthly installments, since our Horsforth start back in September. Walking together through the landscape is one way we can slow down...
An Interview with illustrator Si Smith (Podcast)
Simon Smith is an illustrator and artist based in Leeds and 'How to Disappear Completely' is a comic that was written for Lent and for Leeds. We sat down with Si to talk about illustration, music and Stanley Spencer. There is a shorter version of this interview in our...
The Leeds Country Way Pilgrimage passes half way
Half Way there! Leeds Country Way Pilgrimage continues… Battling Storm Doris, on a blustery February day, our faithful pilgrims continued the circuit of our city, from Methley to Carlton. We have not yet experienced rain, in six months of walking, but water continued...
How to Disappear Completely – A Comic For Leeds And For Lent
How to Disappear Completely is a comic for Lent and for Leeds commissioned by Leeds Church Institute and illustrated by Simon Smith. The comic reflects on some of the themes of Lent, and particularly the story of Christ’s forty days in the wilderness. It also reflects...