Monumental success is nailed on for artist Marcus

Marcus Levine at work

12:10pm Friday 19th April 2013

Some artists express themselves in paint iPad drawings, others takes photographs or contrive installations. Marcus Levine nails his subject matter in, well, nails.

Rooted in her musical upbringing

Yorkshire soprano Lesley Garrett

2:29pm Thursday 16th February 2012

If Lesley Garrett had her way, every child in the country would start the day with a song.

Feeling mellow

11:56am Monday 13th February 2012

For the past 20 years or so, the draw to Leeds for me has been music.

Belinda's still on the Go-Go

Belinda's still on the Go-Go

2:30pm Thursday 26th January 2012

She was the teen punk-turned-pop princess, whose purry vocals and upbeat lyrics epitomised the sunny side of the Eighties.

Inflation control

Colin Firth, as King George VI, and Helena Bonham Carter, as Queen Elizabeth, in the hugely-successful film The King’s Speech

4:42pm Monday 14th February 2011

Thousands of lifeless dummies are making a valuable contribution to 21st century cinema, thanks to a Yorkshire-based company. Emma Clayton finds out how the ‘inflatable crowd’ is playing a vital role in one of the biggest films of the year

Head in the clouds

Emma at the controls of the Cessna aircraft on terra firma

4:37pm Monday 14th February 2011

Trial flying lessons offered by Multiflight training centre, near Leeds Bradford International Airport, enable people to experience the thrill of flight firsthand. Emma Clayton takes to the skies above Yorkshire

Dogged by success

Bradford-born Jason Chapman in his Devon studio

4:26pm Monday 14th February 2011

Having your own children is often the spur for some people to kick-start their creative urges, and illustrator Jason Chapman got the inspiration he needed to become a children’s book writer and illustrator when his brood came along, as David Barnett found out

Riding high

David Morrissey

4:14pm Monday 14th February 2011

A television re-make of Yorkshire saga South Riding was filmed at locations across the county, from the streets of Saltaire to the shores of the east coast. Emma Clayton talks to actor David Morrissey, who stars in the drama, and acclaimed screenwriter Andrew Davies, who has adapted it

Chest a story

Joanna with the travel chest of her great aunt that she took on the Lusitania a year before it was sunk

3:10pm Thursday 23rd December 2010

Author Joanna Joslin whose mother grew up in Bradford towards the end of its wool heyday, has an unusual approach to writing her suspense novels. Words and pictures by Matt Clark

Cleopatra's sequel

Northern Ballet artistic director David Nixon

3:40pm Tuesday 16th November 2010

Northern Ballet is renowned worldwide for innovative interpretations of classical ballets and new productions inspired by literature, film and opera. The Leeds-based company is focusing on Cleopatra for its next major show. Emma Clayton talks to artistic director David Nixon.

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