Kirkgate Market in Leeds is the city’s oldest market and the biggest covered market in Europe. It’s sad to say, but it’s not what it used to be. Despite this, the place is packed with potential. Find out more in my piece on Kirkgate for The Culture Vulture Before you go, here are a few [...]
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July sees Roundhay Park playing host to the Foodies Festival, the Leeds debut of a major food festival which spans four sites over four weekends this year. The festival is part of the wider Leeds Loves Food festival, which sees events taking place across the city. Despite my low [...]
Markets have been the social and cultural hubs of towns and cities for centuries, millennia, even. They’re meeting places, trading places, places to eat and drink, places that play a central part in the community they serve. The traveler can gauge the temperature and mood of a town by heading straight for its market. Ambling [...]