Author: Emily Carter

If you stayed up in Leeds until nearly three in the morning on Sunday night, you earned it. Super Bowl LX kicked off at 11.30pm UK time, and by the time the halftime show rolled around just after 1am, a fair few West Yorkshire viewers were clutching coffees rather than beers. What they saw was historic. Bad Bunny headlined the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, delivering a 13 minute performance built almost entirely around Spanish language hits. That is still a rarity on American football’s biggest stage. What Time Was the Halftime Show…

Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71, closing the chapter on one of the most distinctive careers in modern screen comedy. News of her death, confirmed late Friday, has prompted an outpouring of tributes not just from Hollywood, but from audiences and industry figures around the world who recognised her as something increasingly rare: a performer whose work travelled effortlessly across cultures. From a UK perspective, her passing resonates in a quieter but no less meaningful way. O’Hara was never aggressively marketed to British audiences, yet her presence has long been woven into the fabric of UK viewing…

The question was never whether Ricky Gervais would sell out in Leeds. That answer arrived almost instantly when tickets went on sale in December 2024. By the time Gervais stepped onto the stage at First Direct Arena on 26 June 2025, every one of the venue’s 13,500 seats had been taken for weeks. What mattered far more was how Leeds would respond. This is a city with a reputation for sharp judgement and little tolerance for hype. When Ricky Gervais Leeds becomes a tour stop, the reaction tells you something not just about the comedian, but about the audience itself.…

If you’ve spent any time around Briggate, the Headrow or on the train platforms at Leeds Station lately, you’ll have heard it in passing conversations and group chats. The BTS world tour 2026 is no longer just something fans talk about online. It feels real now, and for Leeds and the wider Yorkshire ARMY, the countdown has quietly begun. As a Leeds-based local reporter, this is less about hype and more about practicality. Yorkshire fans are seasoned travellers when it comes to big tours, and this one is shaping up to be among the most competitive yet. Here’s what is…

Walk up New Briggate on a show night and you can usually tell when it’s not just any musical in town. The pavements outside the Grand feel louder, the pre-show chatter a bit more mischievous. When it’s book of mormon leeds week, there’s a sense that people are gearing up for something sharper, ruder and far less polite than the usual touring favourite. This isn’t a “pop to the theatre on a whim” kind of show. It’s the one people book in groups for, grab a quick pint nearby, and arrive fully aware they might hear some of the most…

In the landscape of 21st-century television, few voices have captured the intersection of power, cringe, and human fallibility as precisely as Jesse Armstrong. From the claustrophobic flats of Croydon in Peep Show to the high-altitude glass towers of Manhattan in Succession, the British screenwriter has redefined the “comedy-drama” hybrid. Now, in 2026, as the industry reflects on the vacuum left by the Roy family and looks toward Armstrong’s latest venture, Mountainhead, his influence on the cultural zeitgeist remains unparalleled. Who is Jesse Armstrong? Born in Oswestry, Shropshire, Jesse Armstrong’s trajectory from the English-Welsh border to the pinnacle of HBO prestige…

While the red carpet is rolled out some 5,000 miles away at the Beverly Hilton, the ripple effect of The Golden Globes 2026 is being felt quite clearly here in West Yorkshire. For those of us nursing a midnight brew and tuning into the early morning updates, this isn’t just a distant Hollywood gala it’s a night where the creative heartbeat of Leeds is very much in the spotlight. The ceremony, kicking off at 1:00 AM GMT on Monday, 12 January, arrives at a time when the “Leeds to Los Angeles” pipeline has never been more active. From our burgeoning…