
Students take to the stage in China
A student-led theatre company from the University of Leeds is taking to the stage in China this week, following a successful tour to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
A student-led theatre company from the University of Leeds is taking to the stage in China this week, following a successful tour to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
J.R.R. Tolkien changed some of the language in The Hobbit and referred to sales being slow in a letter to a fellow author, held in Leeds' archives.
A blue plaque to honour the life of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R. Tolkien has been unveiled today at the writer's former home in Leeds.
Federico Colli from Italy, has won the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition in a thrilling conclusion to this year's event.
World famous Chinese concert pianist, Lang Lang, was welcomed to the 17th Leeds International Piano Competition yesterday by Dame Fanny Waterman.
World famous Chinese concert pianist, Lang Lang, has been announced as Global Ambassador for the Leeds International Piano Competition and will visit the Competition on Sunday 9 September.
A farm in East Lothian could hold the secrets of one of Europe's most important Cistercian nunneries, according to an expert at this week's International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds.
More than 1700 medievalists, including jousting knights, storytellers and harpists, will descend on Leeds next week for the 18th International Medieval Congress.
Is aristocratic pornography or obscure political theory more likely to start a revolution? A new database developed at the University of Leeds will shed light on this and other historical questions.
Elizabeth Price, who completed a PhD in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies in 1999, is one of the four shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize 2012.