Culture

Let's Get WreckedTheatre company for the homeless lines up February show

King Lear, ReviewPaul Clarke revels in a Shakespearean tragedy at the Playhouse

Ways Of Looking Opens in BradfordNew photography exhibition starts next month

Terry O'Neill ReviewNew exhibition celebrates 50 years at the top

The Manchester Contemporary – 28 to 30 OctoberConnect with leading UK artists, galleries and collectors over four days in Spinningfields

Buy Art Fair returns to Spinningfields from 28-30 OctoberBrowse and buy original, affordable works from over 300 artists

The Grand And Heritage Open DaysLeeds reveals itself

Verdict OpenAgatha Christie comes to Leeds Grand

Lear Jets Into LeedsBAFTA winner Tim Pigott-Smith takes on King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse

Damien Hirst In Leeds ReviewedPaul Clarke admires the controversial but powerful artisit

Time for a Leeds International FestivalPaul Clarke thinks the city needs to grow a pair of cultural balls

Calling all AnniesWest Yorkshire playhouse to audition musical hopefuls this weekend

West Yorkshire Playhouse Autumn/Winter scheduleA world premiere and Shakespeare come to town

The summer's culture highlightsWe round up the best exhibitions and shows over the coming months

Wiz Bang...Interview with Paul J MedfordAhead of the big WYP show, we catch up with the choreographer

Shop review: Off the WallSimon Binns can't resist walking in to this retro treasure chest

Wau Wau Sisters Review, West Yorkshire PlayhouseIncest, satyrs and nudity were just some of the highlights of the Wau Wau Sister’s Last Supper

Transform review, West Yorkshire PlayhousePaul Clarke likes change, but wants more

On The Great PlainsNew native American exhibition at Lotherton Hall

Glyndebourne comes to BradfordOpera festival live linked to Media Museum

The Hepworth Wakefield, reviewPaul Clarke witnesses greatness in a great land

'If regional theatres just do the same thing, they won't be…Paul Clarke talks to West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Amy Letman as their challenging 'Transform' season kicks off

Gore BlimeyBlood and guts at the National Media Museum

Hooray for HughExplore his Wonderful World at WYP all week

Fantasy footfallRay Harryhausan show at National Media Museum

Jean-marc Bustamante, Dead CalmPaul Clarke has his patience tested at the Henry Moore Institute

Hunter GathererNew exhibition at Project Space Leeds

Northern Broadsides plans Halifax world premiereWe Are Three Sisters starts in September

David Spero: ChurchesPaul Clarke discovers some of Britain’s most unusual churches at the National Media Museum

The Lives of the Great Photographers, reviewPaul Clarke looks at life through a lens at the National Media Museum

New work, Transform, takes over Playhouse in JuneBig name line up will investigate the changing landscape of Theatreland

Peace on EarthDamned Utd writer to hold free Wakefield event

Hamlet, West Yorkshire Playhouse, reviewPaul Clarke sees a production that sticks two fingers up to London luvvies

Moore magicPaul Clarke is impressed by a varied retrospective of a local boy done good

SpiceWorld exhibition breaks world recordMore than 2,000 items make Leeds a girl power mecca

Leeds Grand theatre listingsWhat’s on in 2011

Best city in the world by 2030?Simon Binns and Deborah Trickett explore Leeds’ ambitious plans for world domination

I’ve done Champ Man, now for the real thingConfidential’s Mark Jorgensen applies for the England job and suggests mild torture

Women with kids need to workCharlie Butterworth rebukes a selfish stay-at-home mum

Give your creative side a break...Enjoy a super snapping weekend taking pictures like a pro with a Malmaison Liverpool Art Breaks

Boys will be girlsLeeds gets a taste of Thai-style glamour as The Ladyboys of Bangkok flounce in

Joe Stretch becomes a girl with Ladyboys of BangkokJoe Stretch, Manchester novelist, finds out what it takes to take it like a girl during an extraordinary day with the Ladyboys

Home is where the art isThe Manchester Contemporary celebrates the Northern Arts Scene, both home and away

Buy Art Fair is back, 24-27 September 2009Register now for FREE tickets now.

Young@HeartGeriatrics singing Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen? Sarah Tierney looks forward to one of the odder events of Manchester International Festival

Let's all go Balearic, 1-4 May: it’s all freeHorses from the Balearics to gee-up the city centre. Plus dance, music, giants, street performers and food: adding up to one huge fiesta

SintillateEnjoy Sintillate nights in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool

Leeds nightlife round-upFliss Clarke's whistlestop tour of all that's great and good in Leeds after dark

Shark EncountersRachel Flynn finds out about diving with sharks at Blue Planet Aquarium

Home ShowNicola Mostyn’s TV column: time to throw away the key on property programmes

Ghost TownNicola Mostyn enjoys this super supernatural rom com

Extraordinary Animals in the WombNicola Mostyn on the dark, disturbing, and then slightly dull aspects of life before birth

Britain's Got The Pop Factor...Nicola Mostyn has her fingers crossed for a special Christmas number one

The Lady Boys of BangkokThe gender-bending cabaret classic arrives in Leeds

Hot Club De Paris at the CockpitHazel Davis on a beardy Scouse band with a-capella staying power

Confidential chats to NattyBen Patey talks to Natty and finds his patois inspiring

Secret Diary of a Call GirlNicola Mostyn says from this angle the sex trade looks pretty damn glam

Buy Art FairDon't know your art from your elbow? The Buy Art Fair at Urbis has some advice for novice collectors – and we've got 2 for 1 on tickets

When Women Rule The WorldNicola Mostyn thinks the battle of the sexes has its funny side

The ChildrenNicola Mostyn likes a disturbing domestic whodunit

Skin deepIt's tough when you've got to spend the day having your feet massaged to earn a living. Hazel Davis investigates one of the finalists of the British Beauty and Spa Awards

Pedigree Dogs ExposedRachel Winterbottom discovers Nazis in the Kennel Club.

Last week of free family entertainment at York Designer…Make a day of it with summer fun days throughout August

The National Media MuseumSean Smith goes on a visit to the an old Bradford favourite and wonders if it's keeping up

Dispatches: Sandwiches UnwrappedNicola Mostyn finds she hates munching on pig's arses...more than once anyway

The BoweryFelicity Clarke on the creative thinking behind this new Headingley arts venue

The Charlotte Church ShowNicola Mostyn and the Welsh expletive machine

Arms and Armour from the Movies: The Wonderful Wor…Arm yourself against summer holiday boredom with an exhibition of Oscar-winning weaponry at the Royal Armouries in Leeds

World Corporate GamesMultinational firms flex their muscles in the city this weekend

Fighting backCan the Royal Armouries triumph over a troubled past? Felicity Clarke investigates

Snow, fashion and live music extravaganza at Chill…Inject some excitement into your social life next week. Treat your clients or friends to a fantastic event at Manchester's most unusual new venue.

Impro ChumsTrudie Robinson gets pally with Paul Merton's improvisation show

Simon Amstell at City VarietiesTrudie Robinson thinks the Never Mind the Buzzcocks presenter is poor as a stand-up

Spiracle ridiculeHelen Clifton finds fudge and confusion surrounding a planning debacle

Andrew Marr’s History of Modern BritainNicola Mostyn enjoys a history lesson

Ever The BossBruce Springsteen and co prove that at least one American team can score on an English football pitch, says Greg Morgan

GladiatorsAre You Ready? Nicola Mostyn isn’t sure she is

Child of Our TimeNicola Mostyn is minding the gender gap