Monthly Archives: January 2016

Indiana Men and Women Defeat Rival Purdue At Home

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Women’s MeetThe #13 Indiana Hoosiers beat the #18 Purdue Boilermakers 185.5-114.5 in a battle of Big Ten rivals Saturday at Indiana, as the Hoosiers won 11 of out of 14 events.  Sophomores from both schools led the way, accounting for seven of the the 11 individual event victories and several key relay legs.In the first event, the 200 medley relay, Indiana sophomore Marie Chamberlain led off for Indiana’s A relay in 25.65, almost a second faster than any Purdue backstroker, freshman Lilly King Read more [...]

Future of historic Leslie House uncertain

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The future of one of Fife’s most historic mansions has been left in limbo as it emerged its owners are working with the council to find a way to bring it back to its former glory. The grade A listed Leslie House, which dates back to the 17th Century, has lain empty for many years and is included in the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland after falling into a state of disrepair.Hopes have been high in the past decade that Edinburgh-based firm Read more [...]

Works by St Ives artist Hepworth become Grade II listed

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Comments (0) Artworks by St Ives artist Barbara Hepworth are among a host of sculptures across England that have been newly listed.The 41 pieces include three sculptures by Hepworth, a Henry Moore artwork outside the Houses of Parliament and others depicting themes ranging from the power of electricity to the women's peace movement in Northern Ireland. Many were designed to breathe life back into the country's public spaces in the aftermath of the Second World Read more [...]

Sex, guns and ammo: inside the world’s largest gun industry trade fair

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“We’re sort of firearms connoisseurs,” Whitney Condit said as she excitedly explored the latest handguns and semi-automatic assault rifles to hit the market at Shot Show, the world’s largest gun industry trade fair. As she spoke, fellow enthusiasts spread out over the 2.25m square feet Sands Expo convention centre at the Venetian casino on Las Vegas’s strip. “We like to go out on range, we like to shoot. It’s a passion of ours.” Condit and her fiance, Colin Gallagher, a former star Read more [...]

My Yorkshire: Craig Squelch, head of events at Dine

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Craig Squelch has lived in Ripon for 30 years. He oversees the running of events for Dine across a number of Yorkshire venues including The Mansion in Roundhay Park Leeds. What’s your first Yorkshire memory? In 1985 I came to Ripon for my first job interview for a deputy manager position at The Ripon Spa Hotel. It was my first full-time position since leaving Blackpool College. I remember just falling in love with Ripon. It is the smallest city in the UK but in my Read more [...]

Homes: swapping the city for the seaside

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The sale of a one-bedroom flat in east London not only enabled architects Helen Leask and Peter Thomas to buy and renovate a four-bedroom Georgian house in Margate; it also allowed them to redress their work-life balance. “It broke a work pattern that was proving unsustainable,” says Leask. “The positive changes have been enormous; I think the move has given us more opportunities than if we had stayed in the capital.” Since their relocation in 2013, Leask has set up an architectural practice Read more [...]

How to turn your home into a luxury cinema

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But what if you haven’t any space within your castle? Can you make use of a redundant garage or outbuilding? Experts Philharmonic AV converted a client’s Essex cowshed into an entertainment space where two zones were created: one for watching a movie with full surround sound, and the other to push back the sofas and turn the volume up for dancing. “We hid the technical equipment within purpose-built cabinetry, so it didn’t impose on the interior design,” explains director Phil Turner. Read more [...]

Second public exhibition over controversial plan for 700 homes on Bradford quarry site

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A SECOND public exhibition is being held over plans to build 700 homes on a quarry site in Bradford, after calls from the community. The Marshall family, which owns the Bolton Woods quarry, submitted outline plans for the 70-acre site in November. They are looking at alternative uses for the quarry, which supplies Yorkshire stone, as it is coming to the end of its life as a quarry and its long-term future is “economically unviable”. Dozens of people dropped in Read more [...]