Yorkshire Scandals: class struggles across time

Mark France, Annabel Lee, Anna Rose James and Claire Morley in The Taskers' Trials. (Photo by Michael J Oakes)

Theatre companies Re:Verse and Wildgoose shed light on the desperate difficulties and troubled dynamics of two families from different times in their true crime double bill, Yorkshire Scandals. Continue reading

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry enchant York with American folk songs

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry tour their latest album, Shine a Light.

For all music fans, it is vital to understand how genres have developed over the years, how they link up and how society affects music’s development. What better way to learn than to have Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, two highly influential musicians in their own right, guide you through the folk songs of the USA’s past? Continue reading