During their captivity in a notorious Italian POW camp in World War Two, England cricketers Bill Bowes and Freddie Brown staged one of the most remarkable cricket matches in history.
“The greatest & most memorable match I ever played”
A Brief History of Horse Racing in Leeds
The earliest recorded horse race in Leeds took place on 17 July 1682. Here is a brief history of the sport in Leeds
Dropped for being a mum: Olympic heartbreak of Leeds swim star who raced in Berlin, 1936.
Doris Storey reached the final at Hitler’s Olympics and won two golds at the Empire Games but was omitted from the London 1948 squad because she was a wife and mother.
A Floating Hare & Icebergs in the Aire
A floating hare and icebergs in the Aire: a brief history of flooding in Leeds
The Art of Leg-Spin & the Bouncing Bomb
Sir George Edwards - the leg-spinner who applied backspin to the bouncing bomb
Daft as a brush: the ancient philosophy of Trigger’s broom
What a classic Only Fools and Horses sketch tells us about ancient philosophy
The Fulneck man who built Washington DC
After the British burned down the White House in 1814, President Madison turned to an architect from Pudsey to oversee its reconstruction.
Ivy Benson – the Leeds star who played in Berlin on VE Day
At the special request of Field Marshal Montgomery, the first act booked for VE Day was a female bandleader from Leeds
Most Wanted – the Men of Leeds in Hitler’s Black Book
As part of his invasion plans, Hitler prepared a list of wanted British residents. Five men of Leeds were on it.
Richard Oastler – the Factory King
The man from Leeds who campaigned tirelessly to end the exploitation of children in Victorian factories.
