Leeds articles

  • Let’s Talk Tyke comes to Leeds

    The course will be suitably for beginners as well as those familiar with Yorkshire’s rich and varied dialects. Students will be encouraged to recall their own childhood memories, and the rich vocabulary of their parents and grandparents, to rediscover their own wonderful linguistic heritage. “This is a part of our cultural heritage, something that anyone born or growing up in Yorkshire has every reason to be proud of,” says Rod Dimbleby, Chair of The Yorkshire Dialect Society, England’s oldest...
  • Live updates: Middlesbrough vs Leeds United

    Leeds United face Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship, with kick-off scheduled for 8pm.
  • 12 of the best photos take you back to Leeds in 1977

    1977 was the year the Bond Street Shopping Centre opened to the public. Sir Harold Wilson visited the Yorkshire Post, Sherpa Tenzing signs copies of his book and there were celebrations after England regained the Ashes in the fourth Test Match at Headlingley. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, celebrating 12 months in the life of your city. READ MORE: 26 photos take you back to Leeds in 1976 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our...