History & Heritage

This book is more than a little cheesy

Tudor re-enactors have translated a 16th Century manuscript extolling the weird and wonderful secrets of Early Modern cheese

Jul 11 •

Sing a song of a textile city

Bradford celebrates its status as UK City of Culture 2025 with art installation evoking its rich industrial heritage

May 30 •

Let's hear it for the 'zines

Exhibition gives fresh voice to the passion and enthusiasm of football's fandom

May 23 •

Now that's a mammoth tusk of a job

An ancient tusk unearthed in a Yorkshire coal mine is a reminder that woolly mammoths once roamed the White Rose county

Nov 22, 2024 •

Mural marks a find for Bradford's industrial past

The mural by Bauhaus-trained ceramics artist Grete Marks had been lost behind a false wall for decades

Nov 1, 2024 •

Printing on thin ice

A new centre has opened in York dedicate to preserving the endangered heritage craft skills of the printing trade

Oct 11, 2024 •

There's trouble at t'mill

Century-old records reveal terrible human toll of a Leeds museum's industrial past

Sep 13, 2024 •

Old books offer modern eyes a glimpse of civil war past

A 17th century text recounting the trial and execution of the infamous monarch, King Charles I helps bring Yorkshire’s brutal civil war-era battles to…

Aug 16, 2024 •

Remembering Liverpool's Pastor Daniels

The life and work of an unsung local hero who campaigned for social justice and racial equality has been commemorated

Aug 3, 2024 •

Fancy a pint? It's only 5,000 years old

The recipe that is, the beer itself is freshly brewed; a barbarian's beverage for the modern age

Jul 19, 2024 •

Pioneering female engineer honoured in Newcastle

Dorothy Buchanan was a part of the team that designed and built the city's iconic Tyne Bridge

Jul 6, 2024 •

Yorkshire music festival raises a glass to Roman forebears

Wine and music played integral roles in ancient Rome; the sleepy Yorkshire village of Aldborough is celebrating its cultural links to both

Jun 7, 2024 •

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