@LeedsClarkKent

Former journo, now does press for @leedsmuseums @lightnightleeds @leedslibraries & lots more ace Leeds culture stuff. Views mine & may contain dinosaurs 🦖

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@BBCLookNorth12 Jan 2025
Victorian costume restored for exhibition bbc.in/4gKu2TA

Victorian children's costume restored for Leeds museum exhibition

The120-year-old Little Bo Peep costume has been restored for an exhibition at Lotherton Hall.

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@FoxNews24 Dec 2024
Miniature Bible put on display in time for guests to read the Christmas story trib.al/wiOhZqY

Miniature Bible put on display in time for guests to read the Christmas story

A library in Leeds, England, has set up a Christmas display with an assortment of holiday classics, but the star of the display is the one-of-a-kind miniature King James Bible.

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Divine photo of @LeedsArtGallery’s stunning Venus getting some TLC in today’s @thetimes! Thanks to @glossophoto for the 📸
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@BBCNews15 Dec 2024
Eagle-eyed experts assess museum bird collection bbc.in/4iC2WiH

Eagle-eyed experts assess museum bird collection in Leeds

The collection in Leeds includes an albatross and the towering skeleton of a fully-grown ostrich.

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@BBCLookNorth15 Dec 2024
Eagle-eyed experts assess museum bird collection bbc.in/3BkqrfH

Eagle-eyed experts assess museum bird collection in Leeds

The collection in Leeds includes an albatross and the towering skeleton of a fully-grown ostrich.

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@BBCLookNorth25 Nov 2024
Vintage chandelier brought back to life for panto bbc.in/3CUKxxa

Vintage 1960s chandelier brought back to life for Leeds' panto season

The chandelier lit up shows by global music stars in Leeds, but has been in storage since the 1990s.

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Leeds charity's appeal for help distributing 50,000 children book donations across deprived city areas yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/c…

Volunteers needed for novel idea to change the lives of young readers in Leeds

A charity is calling on big-hearted book lovers in Leeds to help them complete an exciting new chapter by gifting 50,000 books to children living in deprived areas of the city.

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Volunteers needed for novel idea to change the lives of young readers in Leeds

A charity is calling on big-hearted book lovers in Leeds to help them complete an exciting new chapter by gifting 50,000 books to children living in deprived areas of the city.

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So great to read about the good work being done by @lonbookproject in #Leeds! If you can spare any time to help them out, then it’s a really great cause, helping kids fall in love with books and reading! ❤️📚
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@BBCLookNorth30 Oct 2024
Charity needs 50,000 books for deprived readers bbc.in/3NLokE4

Leeds charity needs 50,000 books for deprived readers

The Children's Book Project says it wants to help children "fall in love" with reading.

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@BBCLookNorth30 Oct 2024
Charity needs 50,000 books for deprived readers bbc.in/3NLokE4

Leeds charity needs 50,000 books for deprived readers

The Children's Book Project says it wants to help children "fall in love" with reading.

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News | Leeds museum uses CT scans to probe world’s oldest locomotive model museumsandheritage.com/advis…
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@BBCLookNorth21 Oct 2024
Scan reveals inner workings of oldest model loco bbc.in/4hrHMDJ
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Fab to hear @JaneBhoyroo chatting with @bbcpaddy about @LeedsArtGallery’s wonderful picture library lending scheme this morning! Find out more about how you can hang one of the gallery’s beautiful artworks in your own home: museumsandgalleries.leeds.go…
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The fabulous Picture Library is back @LeedsArtGallery this week- your chance to hang a masterpiece above your mantelpiece! Lovely to see the team prepping in the national press today, with super pics from @DannyLawPhoto 📸 More info at: museumsandgalleries.leeds.go…
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If you have a mammoth clean-up that needs doing, @LeedsMuseums are up to the tusk! Lovely to see our mega mammoth tusk (found right here in #Leeds) making bags of national news today! 🦣 📰
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@DailyMirror7 Oct 2024
Museum workers give a 38,000 year-old mammoth tusk a scrub and a clean mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mu… mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mu…

Museum workers give its prehistoric mammoth tusk a clean

Leeds Discovery Centre takes on the 'mammoth' task of cleaning its prehistoric tusk every year. Found in the 1960s in the River Aire, the historical artefact offers important insights into the impact...

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@BBCLookNorth6 Oct 2024
Mammoth clean-up task for Ice Age tusk bbc.in/4gQdXfB

Mammoth task: Leeds Ice Age tusk conserved during deep clean

The woolly mammoth tusk was unearthed in a former open cast mine near Temple Newsam in Leeds.

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@BBCLookNorth30 Sep 2024
Town hall will be 'joyful' music venue - designers bbc.in/3ZIP27u

Town hall will be 'joyful' music venue - designers

Leeds Town Hall is to be transformed into a state-of-the-art concert facility.

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#LeedsLeedsLeeds 🦁
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@BBCLookNorth26 Sep 2024
Light Night set to provide storytelling spectacle bbc.in/4dp9sFI

Leeds Light Night set for storytelling spectacle during 20th year

The two-day Light Night Leeds festival marks its 20th event in the city in October.

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