Harrogate International Festivals | Cultural Festivals in Yorkshire

Supporters turned out in force to launch a £1m fundraising appeal to ensure the future of a celebrated arts festival. Sharon Canavar explains
There’s been a lot of talk in the festival office recently about our Future 50 Appeal and the benefits and opportunities that an involvement in the arts can generate for children and young people. We’re so busy in the office with over 300 events a year...

There are times when coming across something with no pre-conceived ideas can enhance its enjoyment, and the serendipity of receiving this book, and the fact that I knew nothing about it or its author, made it all the more unexpected, interesting and...

Ahead of his appearance at this year’s Harrogate Festival 2015, we have a little preview of what Alfred Brendel has in store for us in his lecture A Pianist’s Alphabet
A for art and artists
There are those who believe that delving into the biography of artists ensures a deeper perception of their art. I am not one of them. The notion that a work of art has to mirror the person of the artist, that man and work are an equation, that the integrity...

Share your reading passions with writers and other readers at the new Readers’ Afternoon Tea, says Sharon Canavar
When juggling a thousand different priorities, working ridiculous hours and surviving on the amount of sleep that my daughter thinks I should be allowed, it is reading that can put my tired brain to rest. From an early age reading took me away from my...