York has been a very significant place for many centuries, while Leeds only really surged up the urban hierarchy from 250 years ago. Why...

This tour considers artists, subjects, funding, locations and also how sculptures, murals and other works link to Leeds Beside the Bank...

Evening tours are popular from April to September. It’s a great time to see the city … if the weather co-operates. And there have been...

June already, and walking tours have still not resumed. What a waste of daylight. Ah well - delights still in store for those who would...

A late April Ipsos Mori poll suggested that the UK public was very cautious about lifting lockdown. Seventy per cent said they didn't...

So even walking tours are definitely off for the foreseeable future. We had high water and high winds in February. Now in March a kind of...

While the geographical elements of this global phenomenon are fascinating, there are so many anxiety-inducing personal implications for...

What a view from on high - such a different perspective on the city. Even guests who've lived in Leeds for ever were able to see new...

When we published ‘Leeds: Cradle of Innovation’ in June 2018, it was blazing hot weather. Not so on the first anniversary – as you see...

Leeds has lost many historic buildings. Some were in poor repair or no longer had a viable use; others were simply out of fashion or in...

In 1792, Benjamin Gott started to build his pioneering Park Mills on a field beside the River Aire, beyond the western edge of the old...

The introduction to the tour about the building stones of Leeds aims to give a sense of the main building materials used in Leeds: the...

"We really enjoyed the walk yesterday, as we did the previous one. I found yesterday's particularly interesting as it made me look more...

In 1989 there were just 7 hotels in Leeds city centre. Thirty years later, there are four times that number and thousands more guests....

I was interviewed on BBC Radio Leeds on Saturday 19th January about our book Leeds: Cradle of Innovation. Presenter Andrew Edwards...

“On behalf of myself, my colleagues and the students, we would like to say a quick thank you for the tour you led on Tuesday. It was...

Behind me and my two young tourists in City Square is the 1890s Post Office. Now the building contains restaurants and serviced...

I thought it would be tricky taking a tour that started at dusk but it turned out well. The clocks had already gone back by the time we...

Here's a bunch of friends on a summer Sunday - the day after a Big BIrthday party. I didn't make them walk very far. That's me in another...