Hull, Holmes and Halifax: film’s best Sherlock was a Yorkshire lad
A look at the York-born actor who played Doyle’s great detective 45 times, as new BFI restorations of three silent...
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Whites of their eyes
It has been four decades since Leeds United came this close to an FA Cup Final. Is this finally going...
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Fearless at the Shay: Halifax Dukes and the summer of speedway
Halifax Dukes burned brightly in 1966: they didn’t just revive speedway in the town, they made it unmissable
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Stella: Yorkshire’s forgotten silent film star
A Leeds premiere drew thousands to see silent film star Stella Muir, but after a brief blaze of fame in...
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When Czechoslovakia came to Bradford: Political rivalry gives way to football rivalry in 1961
At the height of the Cold War, a crack team of players from the Eastern Bloc arrived in West Yorkshire...
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Yorkshire’s role in the secret history of a controversial old film
Yorkshire had its own part to play in the scandals surrounding the film Five Nights, with not one but two...
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