“Yorkshire doesn’t shout about itself. There’s a sort of Yorkshire reserve.”…“There’s a humble nature to Yorkshire life,” says Yard Act’s James Smith. “It’s very different, very defined and unique.” www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

‘Lady Gaga went to our chippy’: how Yorkshire became a cultural powerhouse

English Teacher won the Mercury prize, Amy Gledhill won the Edinburgh comedy award – and now even Beyoncé wants a piece of the action. Why has ‘God’s own county’ become such an artistic force?

Thursday quote (courtesy of the other place):

Monochrome start to the day

Discovered Kate Di Camillo’s writing this year. Don’t be fooled by finding her books in the children’s section: they are for everyone. This is a personal favourite- maybe start here if you’ve not read her yet- absolutely magical #Fridayreads

Thursday quote: “Just keep swimming.”
Dory, ‘Finding Nemo’ (2003)

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2464143...

This is amazing www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘I’ve never worn trousers up a mountain and I never will’: a Bolivian cholita climber on sexism and her next summit

As one of Bolivia’s first female Indigenous mountain guides, Cecilia Llusco has scaled its highest peaks and changed the tourism landscape, and she has no plans to slow down

Chance to nominate your favourite Arts and Culture charity in the Benefactor Group special draw - link here (closes 11th October) culture.movementforgood.com#spreadtheWord

Nominate a charity - Movement for Good

Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

Thursday quote: “In fact, living in New York, Pam thought, poking through her bag for her cell phone to check the time, was a perfect example of what great generals had understood throughout history: that the person who cared the most won.” Elizabeth Strout, ‘The Burgess Boys’ p98

Ain’t nothing like the real thing… www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Real art in museums stimulates brain much more than reprints, study finds

Scientists in Netherlands using eye-tracking and MRI scans found ‘enormous difference’ between genuine works and posters