The Western Season 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. Members please note the […]

What were women doing while men were building the Parthenon? Go beyond the Greek myths and find out about the real women of classical Athens: doctors, manufacturers, employers; sisters, neighbours, friends.  In this talk, Ancient Historian Katherine Backler, author of new book Athena’s Sisters: Reclaiming the Women of Classical Athens, reveals how women in Athens […]

The Western Season 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.  

Torn? Pages falling out? Put away the tape and find out how to stabilise and repair your most loved books. Aimed at those wanting to preserve their own collection. We'll go through assessing your book for repair (paper quality, type of damage, type of binding), how to safely take it apart, and how to put […]

The Western Season 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 Fairy Tale Season 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.

"Quick, Watson, hide, if you love me! And don't budge, whatever happens – do you hear me? Don't speak! Don't move! Just listen. Listen with all your ears..." Two thrilling tales featuring the greatest double act in literary history. In The Adventure of the Dying Detective Dr Watson does what he can to help Sherlock […]

Leeds was a lively place in this period with regular dances for the elite at the Assembly Rooms, horse racing meetings on Chapeltown Moor, cricket matches, athletics, gambling and boxing matches all being a feature of the social calendar. This lecture illustrates the extraordinary lengths the middling sort went to in order to enjoy themselves. […]