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 hell has taken hold...

While the geographical elements of this global phenomenon are fascinating, there are so many anxiety-inducing personal implications for us all. You won't be ...

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 views. Visitors from Lon...

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

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 the way of change. We...

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 cloth trading town of ...

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 age of the typical sto...

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

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

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

“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 tailored to exactly what...

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

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 could arrange a tour ...

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 version of my Cradl...