Born from the uncompromising imagination of Dennis Potter - one of the 20th century’s true visionaries - and boldly realised by the York Settlement Community Players, this production is as riveting as ...

It does sometimes feel like there is a lot less offensive comedy being broadcast, for example by the BBC, than there used to be. This is not, however, because of cancel culture. The reduction in ...

In many ways, Juliana Mensah is unusual in her choice to write for herself rather than an audience with her first book. She is a senior lecturer at the University in English and Creative Writing and I ...

As I have grown up I have realised that, with age, people appear to have less hobbies. It’s true that the throes of adult life can leave those childhood dreams of becoming a musical prodigy or athlete ...

When I asked Paul Burston whether he supported AI, he was shocked.

Well, in an irony so great I feel it needs little explaining, the TikTok algorithm has decided that the videos people need to see are all about getting off your phone! Don’t know how to do that? Don’t ...

Before that, though, Harris will be stopping by York for the York Chocolate Festival in April – perhaps one of the most fitting literary events to make a non-literary festival. She’ll be discussing ...

‘Making Waves: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Print’ is on display until 30 August 2026, and is accompanied by a Japanese zen karesansui garden in the Artist’s Garden behind the gallery, which is ...

Based on George R.R. Martin’s lesser known trilogy of novellas known as The Tales of Dunk and Egg, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms tells a story set between House of the Dragon (2022-) and Game of ...

From snappy AI-generated speeches to 60-second explainers of policy and legislation – short form content seems to be the future of political education. A YouGov poll in 2024 found that during the last ...

Aside from its musical legacy, and Kronenbourg at just £1.27 a pint, it provided even more value through what he describes to me as “one of the greatest parts of my university experience, the ...

From 23 February to 1 March, Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) took place nationwide. At the University of York, student groups joined the ‘Paint Our Campus Purple’ campaign which was led by BEAT ...