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50 Years Since Leeds United Sacked Brian Clough  by Jon Howe.Football is a series of sliding doors moments. Every club c...
06/09/2024

50 Years Since Leeds United Sacked Brian Clough by Jon Howe.

Football is a series of sliding doors moments. Every club can point to countless ‘what ifs’ and instances where history was diverted, and amongst Leeds United’s rollercoaster existence since 1919, perhaps the sacking of Brian Clough on 12th September 1974 provides the most frenzied speculating of all.

Look out our for your September, Wakefield Ackworth Pontefract WF789 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this wee...
06/09/2024

Look out our for your September, Wakefield Ackworth Pontefract WF789 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.
Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

The Reinvention Of The Monk Bridge Viaduct by Jon Howe.The Monk Bridge Viaduct was once a visual element of a sprawling ...
05/09/2024

The Reinvention Of The Monk Bridge Viaduct by Jon Howe.
The Monk Bridge Viaduct was once a visual element of a sprawling complex which dominated the skyline of Holbeck and the west end of Leeds city centre, and after years of neglect is set to do so again, but in very different circumstances.

Eternal Flames At Alf Cooke’s Printworks by Jon Howe.The story of Alf Cooke’s printing business in Leeds is similar to m...
05/09/2024

Eternal Flames At Alf Cooke’s Printworks by Jon Howe.
The story of Alf Cooke’s printing business in Leeds is similar to many others; a pioneering and hard-working 19th century businessman helping to put the city on the map. But the story of how he did this was quite unique and has left a lasting legacy on the Hunslet area of Leeds.

Look out our for your September, Leeds LS8 & LS15/26 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.Summer is comi...
05/09/2024

Look out our for your September, Leeds LS8 & LS15/26 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.
Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

FILM REVIEW by Liam HathawayNew Releases this September.Beetlejuice Beetlejuice(dir. Tim Burton)Perhaps one indicator th...
04/09/2024

FILM REVIEW by Liam Hathaway
New Releases this September.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(dir. Tim Burton)
Perhaps one indicator that I may grow up to become a cinema obsessive is that Tim Burton’s 1988 macabre comedy BEETLEJUICE was not only the first film I can ever remember watching, but it was also a film I watched repeatedly. Accordingly, the aptly titled sequel BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, is a film I’ve been following for over a decade. Returning home after three decades, Lydia Deetz’ (Winona Ryder) life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter (Jenna Ortega) discovers the mysterious model town in the attic and accidentally releases the grubby bio-exorcist Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton). With many cast members reprising their roles from the original and the trailers promising a dedication to in-camera effects, this belated sequel may be one of the few that is done right. In cinemas September 6th.
Megalopolis
(dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
There’s a very strong argument that Francis Ford Coppola is the greatest film director of all time. So great, in fact, that in 1974 he lost the Academy Award for Best Director for his film THE CONVERSATION to himself for his other film that year, THE GODFATHER PART II. Since dominating Hollywood in the 1970s, Coppola’s career has been defined by independence and experimentalism, something that has culminated with his most recent film: MEGALOPOLIS, essentially a $120 million passion project. Set in an imagined modern America, it follows a visionary architect (Adam Driver) as he clashes with the corrupt mayor (Giancarlo Esposito) in determining how to rebuild the metropolis after a disaster. So far, MEGALOPOLIS has split critics down the middle, but any film that is fifty years in the making – especially from Coppola – is surely worth a look. In cinemas September 27th.

In Case You Missed It...
Love Lies Bleeding
(dir. Rose Glass)
Director Rose Glass’ confident feature debut, the teasingly ambiguous Scarborough-shot chiller SAINT MAUD, became one of 2020’s most acclaimed genre films. Following up on its promise, Glass has shifted gears slightly, delivering the visceral and pulpy romantic thriller LOVE LIES BLEEDING – one of 2024’s best films. Set in the 1980s, the film follows a reclusive gym manager (Kristen Stewart) who falls for an ambitious bodybuilder (Katy O’Brian). But their romance ignites violence and pulls them deeper into the web of a powerful Vegas crime family. As one Letterboxd user describes, it’s essentially “THELMA & LOUISE on steroids.” Ed Harris, Jena Malone and Dave Franco also star.
Streaming Cult Favourite
Ed Wood
(dir. Tim Burton)
When it came to making bad movies, Ed Wood was the best! Seeing as September has the release of BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, I am exploiting this opportunity to shine a light on another Tim Burton film to get people in the mood: his barely seen 1994 masterpiece, ED WOOD. Titled after the alleged ‘worst film director ever,’ Ed Wood, Jr., this 1950s-set based-on-truth biopic features a career-best Johnny Depp in the eponymous role and a satellite of larger-than-life characters who all collaborate to create cinema purely for the love of it – naysayers be damned! If you are a creative type and have never seen this glorious but sorely undercelebrated film, then I implore you to watch it. Streaming on Disney+
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Look out our for your September, Huddersfield HD4, HD8 & HD9 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.Summer...
04/09/2024

Look out our for your September, Huddersfield HD4, HD8 & HD9 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.
Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

The Oldest Schools In Yorkshire  by Jon Howe.If, like me, the summer holidays of your youth were tarnished by the loomin...
03/09/2024

The Oldest Schools In Yorkshire
by Jon Howe.

If, like me, the summer holidays of your youth were tarnished by the looming spectre of ‘Back To School’ signs appearing in department store windows as soon as you broke up in July, then September will forever have a foreboding resonance. Here we are again, a time to start afresh and for parents to breathe a huge sigh of relief, as across the region the kids return to school. Not surprisingly, Yorkshire has some of the oldest schools in the UK, and indeed the world.

This month Ann Montini meets radio legend Tony Blackburn who is celebrating 60 years on air!
03/09/2024

This month Ann Montini meets radio legend Tony Blackburn who is celebrating 60 years on air!

Look out our for your September, Sheffield S6 S7 S8 S10 S11 & S35 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.S...
03/09/2024

Look out our for your September, Sheffield S6 S7 S8 S10 S11 & S35 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.
Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

The People Who Make Yorkshire Great – Percy Shawby Jon Howe.The name Percy Shaw may not be overly familiar to many peopl...
02/09/2024

The People Who Make Yorkshire Great – Percy Shaw
by Jon Howe.

The name Percy Shaw may not be overly familiar to many people, in Yorkshire or beyond, but he was responsible for an invention we see many times every day, and particularly at night, and he revolutionised road safety with a very simple idea we know today as the ‘Cat’s Eye’.

Kids Comp’WIN a £35 National Book Tokento spend on your favourite books.All you have to do to be in with a chance of win...
02/09/2024

Kids Comp’
WIN a £35 National Book Token
to spend on your favourite books.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is simply email your name, address and contact details to [email protected] or
you can also enter via our website using the ‘contact us’ form.
Entries to reach us by 30th September 2024 and as always the winner will be
announced via our page. Good Luck!

This Month we've teamed up with Iveridge Hall Spa Garden in Leeds to bring you a chance to WIN Exclusive SPA Morning for...
02/09/2024

This Month we've teamed up with Iveridge Hall Spa Garden in Leeds to bring you a chance to WIN Exclusive SPA Morning for 2 (Worth £200).
Plus 10 runner up prizes of a Wellness Morning for half price! (Worth £70 each).
Win an amazing Wellness Morning for 2 people with treatments at Leeds’ newest and coolest Spa.
Includes a spa garden orientation. This is followed by a gentle yoga and relaxation class to help you switch off. (This is optional) After class, escape in the SPA GARDEN thermal hot and cold experiences, catch up with friends in our heated relax lounge or just take some time to unwind.
Our exclusive experience for 2 also include holistic treatments. Choose from: Indian Head, Hot Stone Therapy or Meditation Deep Tissue Massage.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize is simply email [email protected] with your name and the words ‘I need to escape and relax now’
Please be sure to include all your contact details.
Entries to reach us by 30th September 2024.
The lucky winner will be announced 1st October 2024 and notified by email. Experience to be taken in October 2024. Good Luck!

Iveridge Hall, Wakefield Road,
Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 8EU
SPA tel: 0113 2887217
e: [email protected]
www.iveridge.co.uk

Look out our for your September, Wakefield WF1, 2, 3, 4 & WF5 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.Summe...
02/09/2024

Look out our for your September, Wakefield WF1, 2, 3, 4 & WF5 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.

Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

Look out our for your September, Rotherham S61 & S63 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.Summer is comi...
01/09/2024

Look out our for your September, Rotherham S61 & S63 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.
Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

Look out for your DN5 magazine coming through your door this week.Summer is coming to an end and the long school holiday...
01/09/2024

Look out for your DN5 magazine coming through your door this week.
Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

Just for fun, here's our September crossword with the answers for August, enjoy : )
01/09/2024

Just for fun, here's our September crossword with the answers for August, enjoy : )

Look out our for your September, Barnsley S36, S71, S73, S74 & S75 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week....
31/08/2024

Look out our for your September, Barnsley S36, S71, S73, S74 & S75 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.
Summer is coming to an end and the long school holidays are over. It’s now that we turn our attention to getting those last-minute jobs done before the autumn and winter weather sets in. We have many advertisers inside the magazines who would be more than happy to help. Competition wise Iveridge Hall are offering one lucky winner a spa morning for two. The kids can stock up on new books this month with a chance to win a national book token. A great read by Jon Howe looking back at some of the oldest Schools in Yorkshire, and don’t worry we have all the usual favourites too. Enjoy.
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

TITOMEDIA EXPLORER GUIDES with David HerdmanPacific Crest Trail, California MissionContinuing my Californian, Pacific Cr...
31/08/2024

TITOMEDIA EXPLORER GUIDES with David Herdman

Pacific Crest Trail, California Mission

Continuing my Californian, Pacific Crest Trail odyssey. For the first week I fell in with a small group of ‘NoBo’s’ (North Bound) hikers. We lived like animals moving from one water source to another.

I was at this time suffering from nasal congestion and nose bleeds due to the very dry air. I had also developed severe cramps in my calf muscles which I believe was brought on by dehydration and lack of sufficient electrolytes. After hiking for a week, my companions decided on a ‘zero’ day (zero miles on trail) in the old gold mining town of Julian, however I continued alone.
Traditionally on an American trail your companions choose a ‘trail name’ for you, usually associated with a personal habit or incident that happened. My first trail name was ‘Long Gone to the Jon’. Rich town-food and the effects of altitude on the human digestive system, made me speed hike one day looking for an outdoor ‘privy’ toilet.
A few days later whilst sheltering from a late winter storm. I teamed up with a 55 year old American ‘thru hiker’ of the Appalachian trail. Prizum was hiking the PCT as part of a triple crown attempt.
After 2 weeks of hiking, we hitch-hiked ahead into the mountain resort town of Idyllwild to shelter from another 2 day winter storm. Here we met Mayor Max who is a golden retriever and is the official mayor of Idyllwild! We returned to trail for a few more days but ended up returning to Idyllwild to sit out another winter storm. Prizum and I decided to skip a notoriously dangerous section around Apache Peak and Fullers ridge which was now in full winter mountaineering conditions. Whilst sheltering in Idyllwild a rescue helicopter was deployed to lift injured and stranded hikers on this section. I witnessed 3 other rescues on my 6 week hike, the dangers are real!
We departed Idyllwild on a beautiful sunny day to continue on a safer alternative trail over the snow covered Black Mountain. Joining us now was Patchouli (oil). She’d been unhappy with her previous ‘tramily’ (trail family) and wanted to join experienced hikers nearer her own age and speed. For the last 7 years Patchouli has been living full time ‘van life’ but decided this year to hike the PCT.
After camping at 8000 feet we dropped below snow level to descend 7000ft down into the desert proper. At the bottom of the mountain there’s a tarmac road and a random faucet providing PCT hikers with water. On starting down the roadway, my left calf cramped and for a second time pulled a muscle but this time it was more severe. After limping the 3 miles to Interstate 10 where there’s a trail angle oasis, I decided to take a few days off trail, to rest and recover. Coincidentally we had another severe weather warning of an approaching 3 day snow storm which would dump large amounts of snow on the high country which we were about to head into.
We collectively, decided to wait in our shared hotel room for a total of 7 days, to allow my calf to recover and let the storm pass through. After a week resting, eating, drinking and organising resupply, we embarked on the next six day section which was to be a proper adventure. Mission Creek is a notorious, washed out high mountain canyon which was totally destroyed by the heavy rains of a hurricane in August 2023. Most people were skipping this difficult, 55 mile section and heading north to the ski resort of Big Bear. However we wanted to see what all the fuss was about and to give it our best shot.
The approach hike into Mission Creek would take us a day and a half of hot sweaty climbing with fully loaded packs. To get into Mission Creek we first had to cross the raging, silt filled and washed out Whitewater Creek. We camped by the river and the scenery was a precursor to the apocalyptic landscape we would encounter in Mission Creek. The next day we climbed over the final ridge and descended steeply into Mission Creek. The trail was completely obliterated, it was no more. We decided to follow the two metre wide creek which ran through the steep sided canyon. The valley bottom was strewn with boulders and thousands of broken trees, there was no trail, only the occasional foot prints of other PCT hikers. On that afternoon we struggled to achieve 1 mile per hour and probably crossed Mission Creek 50 times. Late in the evening we arrived at a makeshift tent site, exhausted, but excited for the next day’s adventure.
Next time, I meet Naked Santa and tangle with a rattlesnake.

Yorkshire Clubs Wiping The Slate Clean Again by Jon Howe.The rollercoaster existence of many of Yorkshire’s most famous ...
02/08/2024

Yorkshire Clubs Wiping The Slate Clean Again by Jon Howe.

The rollercoaster existence of many of Yorkshire’s most famous professional clubs means pressing reset comes as a blessed relief as the new season comes around again, while others have more optimism and a reason to believe.
Season 2024/25 sees the return of the Steel City Derby with the Sheffield clubs meeting for the first time since 2019, and having both enjoyed promotion in 2023, there was very nearly a Sheffield double of a different kind last season. United finished rock bottom of the Premier League 16 points adrift and with a -69 goal difference, while Wednesday escaped the drop back to League One by a single point. The Blades are wondering if second time around for Chris Wilder is confusing romance with realism and a huge squad re-design is needed, while under German coach Danny Rohl the Owls are more positive, but have a big job on to build a competitive squad on a meagre budget.
Up the M1 at Leeds, Daniel Farke’s men are still dusting themselves down from yet another Play-Off failure, but last season’s near miss shouldn’t disguise a hugely enjoyable campaign which just fell short, partly due to a young squad burning out. Leeds are well placed to go again and go stronger. The Championship’s other team, Hull City, shocked fans with the sacking of manager Liam Rosenior despite falling just one place short of the Play-Offs. It’s yet to be seen if the new boss – former Stuttgart and Hamburg coach Tim Walter – can get a tune out of the same squad, particularly with now-departed loanees making such a big impact at the MKM Stadium.
Huddersfield Town have endured a steep decline after Carlos Corberan steered them to the 2022 Play-Off Final, and the churn of three unsuccessful managers ended in relegation last season. That said, a new start particularly applies at the John Smiths’ Stadium where the Terriers have made a sound appointment in Irishman and former Barnsley boss, Michael Duff. Rotherham’s yo-yo existence also resulted in relegation to League One again, and under returning manager Steve Evans a flurry of new signings should see the Millers competing at the top of the table.
Barnsley lost to Bolton in the League One Play-Offs after a spirited fightback and under coach Darrell Clarke will be hoping to build on that momentum, while in League Two, Doncaster Rovers will be hoping the same after a narrow Play-Off loss on penalties to Crewe Alexandra. Meanwhile, Bradford City ready themselves for a sixth season in the bottom tier, after narrowly missing out on the Play-Offs last season by one point.

Where To Catch An Outdoor Gig In Yorkshire by Jon Howe.The British weather might question this logic, but outdoor gigs i...
02/08/2024

Where To Catch An Outdoor Gig In Yorkshire
by Jon Howe.

The British weather might question this logic, but outdoor gigs in the summer months are becoming one of the most popular events on the UK music scene. And Yorkshire is blessed with a wealth of suitable venues, some more established than others, but all fortunate to have a unique character that is quintessentially Yorkshire.
As you read this, a huge number of gigs have already passed, but there is still plenty to look forward to in the month of August if you fancy some last-minute gig-going. The Museum Gardens in York is a new venue on the scene and hosted local heroes Shed Seven along with the Sugababes in a quick flurry of gigs in July, while the end of last month also saw the historic Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds play host to Madness and Embrace.
More established on the circuit are venues such as the iconic Piece Hall in Halifax, the 18th century former cloth trading centre is now one of the most popular event spaces in the UK. It’s summer series of gigs have become legendary, and already this year the charming Grade l-listed square has hosted Grace Jones, Air, Underworld and Tom Odell, but still to come in August are Noel Gallagher, The Streets, Status Quo, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Biffy Clyro, Jess Glynne, Fatboy Slim and McFly. The definition of something for everyone.
Millennium Square in Leeds also has a lauded history of headline gigs, but this year has gone for more of a pop flavour with Anne-Marie, Tom Grennan, Busted, James Arthur, Paloma Faith and Bananarama having passed through in June and July, while local boys Yard Act are playing a major hometown show in August.
Also well established is Dalby Forest, an open-air arena situated in the North Riding Forest Park near Scarborough. Bryan Adams, Nile Rogers & Chic and Richard Ashcroft stopped off there in June, while in Scarborough itself the Open Air Theatre has gone big in 2024. Korn, Busted, The Drifters and Becky Hill are still to come in August, while Deacon Blue, Tom Jones, Rick Astley and Paul Weller have already been and gone.
In South Yorkshire, Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster is getting in on the act, hosting a ‘Wild Live Weekender’ on 24th and 25th August when Jessie J and Ella Henderson are headlining, on the 31st JLS also play the popular family venue. Meanwhile, the Don Valley Bowl in Sheffield (situated on a grass expanse adjacent to the Utilita Arena) is hosting a Rock ‘n Roll Circus on the 29th/30th/31st August featuring Richard Hawley, Milburn and Becky Hill.

Look out our for your August, Wakefield WF1, 2, 3, 4 & WF5 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.August i...
02/08/2024

Look out our for your August, Wakefield WF1, 2, 3, 4 & WF5 magazines, dropping through your letterbox this week.

August is here! For those of you enjoying a summer break we hope the weather is kind. You still have one month left to enter our Lidget Compton garden room giveaway. One lucky reader is going to win a garden room up to the value of £8000, designed to your own specification. We have a fantastic prize for the kids comp this month too courtesy of Playmania Sheffield, an annual family pass worth up to £960. Details on how to enter both competitions inside. Enjoy, see you next month!
You can also find all our features and much more too on our website
www.titomedialtd.co.uk

A New Lease Of Life For The Third White Cloth Hall by Jon Howe.Leeds has a lot to thank the textile trade for; pretty mu...
01/08/2024

A New Lease Of Life For The Third White Cloth Hall by Jon Howe.

Leeds has a lot to thank the textile trade for; pretty much its whole existence in fact, and the series of White Cloth Halls established prior to the industrial revolution sowed the seeds for much of what we see today; people, buildings, infrastructure and prosperity. The First White Cloth Hall on Kirkgate has been painstakingly restored in the last couple of years, and now the Third White Cloth Hall is seeing a dramatic makeover too.
For the sake of completeness, the Second White Cloth Hall on Meadow Lane in Hunslet is long gone, demolished in 1786 after a relatively brief existence, but the third and perhaps most recognisable building in the series is about to reopen as an expansive 21st century independent food and drink market. Built in 1775 as a market for cloth merchants to sell their wares, it had capacity for up to 1300 traders and played a major role in developing Leeds as a commercial centre. It was restored for modern use in 1991 and in recent years has housed the city’s first Pizza Express and a branch of the Brewdog bar chain.
Those developments split the building into three separate units but in September 2023 the building was acquired by the team behind Whitelocks, the historic, and indeed, the oldest pub in the city. Ed Mason, MD of Whitelocks and who relaunched the staple tourist stop-off in 2012, has made an open call to the many independent food and drink traders of Leeds to set up residence and rotate pop-up units in what will soon be a single unified space.
Originally planned for a Spring 2024 opening, building work only actually began in June, so expect a late summer launch, but the revamped venture will have three kitchens, two bars, a deli/coffee shop and plentiful event space. Suffice to say, this is a special project in a special building and will ultimately celebrate what is a thriving independent scene in the city. It is also hoped that the venture will reinvigorate a pioneering stalwart of Leeds night life.
Situated on the cobbled backstreets behind the Corn Exchange, the location of the White Cloth Hall is adjacent to what was once the three-floored Townhouse, and where Café Rouge, Rehab and the wonderful Cuban Heels once resided. They combined to inject energy into the Leeds bar and club scene around the turn of the Millennium, but the area has since been overtaken by various other pockets of decadence in Leeds and today sits as something of a Ghost town. The team at Whitelocks have big ideas to change that.

FILM REVIEW by Liam HathawayNew Releases this AugustBorderlands(dir. Eli Roth)BORDERLANDS being one of the highest-selli...
01/08/2024

FILM REVIEW by Liam Hathaway
New Releases this August

Borderlands
(dir. Eli Roth)
BORDERLANDS being one of the highest-selling game franchises of all time may mean nothing to some people, but apparently, it’s true. Hell, even I was surprised by this fact and I’m old enough to have blitzed through 2009’s first instalment back in the halcyon days of the Xbox 360. A post-apocalyptic role-playing shooter that resembles FALLOUT 3 if it was nurtured on nothing but Red Bull and Haribo, this is precisely what the effervescent trailers have promised for Eli Roth’s film adaption – gonzo humour, ludicrous action and a luminous palette. Clearly, and wisely, modelled on the successful GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ensemble premise, those unfamiliar with the game will surely be sold on the cast alone: Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Bobby Lee, Kevin Hart, Edgar Ramirez and Gina Gershon. In cinemas August 9th.
The Crow
(dir. Rupert Sanders)
There are numerous potentially better or more popular films seeing release in August, but instead, I’m courting controversy and choosing one of the most contentious reboot films of all time: THE CROW. To a generation (mine) the original 1994 film – adapted from James O’Barr’s harrowing comic about a rock star rising from the grave to seek violent revenge for his and his fiancée’s brutal murder – is a special film that transcends its source as a touchstone of its era, its appeal to pathos cemented by the tragic on-set death of rising star, Brandon Lee. After decades of development hell, we finally have a reboot some are calling sacrilege due to the original being a cinematic epitaph to Lee. Starring the terrific Bill Skarsgård in the central Eric Draven role, the trailers suggest a distinctly contemporary spin on the tale. Here’s hoping it can prove the dissenters wrong. In cinemas August 23rd.

In Case You Missed It...
HIt Man
(dir. Richard Linklater)
A new film from the always exciting and vastly diverse auteur Richard Linklater (DAZED AND CONFUSED, BOYHOOD, the BEFORE trilogy) is always a great thing, and this time he’s channelled in whatever afforded his comedy classic SCHOOL OF ROCK such wide appeal and turned in a solidly entertaining and satisfyingly edgy romantic comedy. In the film, mild mannered professor (Glen Powell) moonlighting as a fake hitman in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client (Adria Ajorna). Some kind of distant cinematic relative of the John Cusack-starring hitman rom-com GROSSE POINTE BLANK, HIT MAN has already proven to be one of the year’s most popular films, showcasing POWELL as one of today’s true Movie Stars. Streaming on Netflix.
Modern Cult Classic
Mississippi Burning
(dir. Alan Parker)
At the time of writing, the local weather has shifted to what one might call uncomfortably balmy – the kind of weather that brings to mind the late Alan Parker’s 1988 white-hot thriller, MISSISSIPPI BURNING. In the film, two conflicting FBI agents (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, both stellar) investigating the murder of civil rights workers in scorching small-town Mississippi attempt to breach a conspiracy of silence that is propagating racial segregation. Nominated for seven Oscars, Parker’s masterful film may be a little forgotten amidst the glut of similarly-themed films from more recent years, but time has certainly not dimmed any of its incandescent power. Streaming on Amazon Prime.

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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Since 2009, Tito has established itself as one of the main magazines in Yorkshire. Having 20 monthly publications distributed via Royal Mail - totaling 292,200 homes and businesses every month. Our passion for advertising local business is the reason for our success, we can help advertise your business locally in the areas you want to work. We have a loyal customer base, many have been with us from the start, which proves the magazines really do work! Don’t take our word for it, please feel free to read what our customers think about the magazines below...

Chapeltown Glazing - Advertised since September 2009

Gayle says “We have advertised in the magazines for 4 years and noticed a significant increase in the volume of calls when we started. We have always been really happy with the response and will be continuing to advertise in the magazines for a long time.”

Jack Doors Garage Doors - Advertising since May 2011


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