The Parkinson Building is nothing if not iconic. As much as we may take its monumental grey-stone facades for granted as we rush past to get to lectures, this grand, yet somehow tastefully understated building […]
Leeds Icons: Her Majesty’s Prison Leeds
Her Majesty’s Prison Leeds is a Grade II listed building located in Armley, an area west of the city centre. It is one of the largest prisons in the country, and with its towering 19th […]
Leeds’ Icons – Thackery Medical Museum has been the sight of an unsettling number of deaths
Although it doesn’t have a very catchy name, Thackray Medical Museum is a building as rich in history as it is horror stories. Due to its days as a workhouse (subject to two major outbreaks […]
Leeds’ Icons – Hyde Park Picture House captures perfectly the early days of cinematic entertainment
As the twenty-eighth Leeds International Film Festival draws closer, it’s time to focus the spotlight on this little cinematic gem located at the heart of Hyde Park. Opened on 7th November 1914, the Hyde Park […]