Delve into the darker side of the city with The Leeds Library This newly devised walking tour explores the spookier side of a bustling city. Storyteller Matthew Bellwood will be your guide to the dark tales lurking around every corner of the streets you thought you knew. From the Victorian lady seen in the bar […]

Professor Ruth Robbins on relationships between women’s fiction (by women, about women) and fashion from the 1860s onwards. In the first of an annual event, Professor Ruth Robbins (Leeds Beckett University and Library Trustee) gives the inaugural Barbara Taylor Bradford lecture on the subject of 'Fashions in Women's Fiction'. Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE was born […]

"...it's the pictures that got small..." Please note that due to licensing restrictions, you must be a member of the Leeds Library to attend this screening, and we are not able to advertise details of the film publicly beforehand Join fellow Members of the Library for an afternoon in front of the silver screen. The […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? ...then book a free tour! The Leeds Library is the oldest-surviving members’ subscription library in the UK. Founded in 1768, the Library moved to its current purpose-built premises on Commercial Street in 1808, and […]

Delve into the darker side of the city with The Leeds Library This newly devised walking tour explores the spookier side of a bustling city. Storyteller Matthew Bellwood will be your guide to the dark tales lurking around every corner of the streets you thought you knew. From the Victorian lady seen in the bar […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? ...then book a free tour! The Leeds Library is the oldest-surviving members’ subscription library in the UK. Founded in 1768, the Library moved to its current purpose-built premises on Commercial Street in 1808, and […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? …then book a free tour! The Leeds Library is the oldest-surviving members’ subscription library in the UK. Founded in 1768, the Library moved to its current purpose-built premises on Commercial Street in 1808, and […]

"...it's the pictures that got small..." Please note that due to licensing restrictions, you must be a member of the Leeds Library to attend this screening, and we are not able to advertise details of the film publicly beforehand. Join fellow Members of the Library for an afternoon in front of the silver screen. The […]