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The hidden Queer history of Leeds
From the longest running gay pub to the creation of Softcell.

Leeds' hidden Victorian jail
Under Leeds Town Hall is a maze of prison cells and an old courthouse.

I discovered the contract Revie never signed
Adam Pope discovered an unsigned contract in his mother's bungalow.

Prehistoric arrowhead found under Leeds road
Over 6000 artefacts unearthed during the construction of a major new road in Leeds.

Ghost sightings in Wakefield
Rob Shersby talks to Gayle Lofthouse about the ghosts of Wakefield.

The carpenter who conquered the ocean with a clock
The story of how Wakefield's John Harrison transformed ocean travel forever.

The first historian of Leeds
Ralph Thorseby was a 16th century antiquarian, born in Leeds.

Is new film based on Huddersfield Choral Society?
Yorkshire choir believe that they may be the inspiration for the new Alan Bennett film.

The woman who put Bradford on the stage
A blue plaque in Bradford marks the site of Esmé Church’s Northern Theatre School.

Wyke's headless horseman: Bevers Baht’ead
The eerie tale of High Fernley Hall and its spectral rider in Judy Woods.