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Things to do:Cinema

Review: The Great Gatsby

York writer Miles Salter loves the depth and melancholy of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. But can director Baz Lurhmann translate this to the screen?

PreviewsTheatre

New musicals premiere in York

Subjects from Jane Austen to the Armada launch at festival showcasing fresh work


Business

Revealed: City Screen’s new look

Here’s a first look the branding and colours of the £300,000 refurbishment


ReviewsMusic

Review: York folk duo’s new album

Union Jill challenge Darren Thackeray’s preconceptions with their latest work


Music

The playlist that’s an antidote to Eurovision

After the sugar of this weekend’s pop fest, Jack Titley picks six tracks to reset your music mojo


Things to do:Music

Lunchtimes echo to organ music

York Minster stages series of Friday concerts everyone can enjoy


Things to do:Attractions

Rocking on in stone age Yorkshire

A new exhibition brings together some amazing artefacts dating from 5,000 years ago


PreviewsTheatre

They’re taking over again at Theatre Royal

Here are some highlights of the TakeOver Festival, part two

Things to doMusic

Chris Helme track: free download

Listen to “achingly beautiful” track and download it as York musician says thank you to fans


Business

Holiday park opens doors to public

Chance to have a look round 25-acre Hollicarrs Holiday Park near York, set in 25 acres of woodland


What next for ‘outstanding’ Arts Barge?

Future projects to float your boat

Bootleg Beatles back in York

Fake fab four booked for the Barbican

Things to doPoetry

‘York certainly has got talent’

YorkMix Poet In Residence Carole Bromley is moved by your inspiring sonnets


Opinion

Green belt build plan ‘deplorable’

A former house builder and entrepreneur on why the council has got homes plan wrong


Things to doArt

Pictures: Life and death display in church

Here’s a first look at the new exhibition now open in York St Mary’s

Opinion

‘HS2 is a colossal, expensive mistake’

As the National Audit Office slams the case for the high speed rail link, here’s the case against by York expert Jonathan Tyler



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What’s on today

York mix for May

Here's our Spotify playlist for May, 20 tracks from acts coming to York soon. More here.

What's new in York

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Choc story championed

York’s Chocolate Story has been heralded as “a great new interactive attraction” by the Independent newspaper. The travel report also highlights special chocolate breaks by city hotels.


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Student volunteers honoured

Congratulations to the all the winners of the Higher York Student Volunteering Awards. Students from Askham Bryan College, the University of York, York College and York St John University came together. Report here and a gallery of pix here.


The Press HQ on Walmgate. Photograph: Google

Press to move…

…but not far. The august organ is selling most of its Walmgate HQ for student flats and the York Press workforce will decamp to “modern, smaller offices fronting on to Walmgate and Hurst’s Yard”.


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Time to stay

A lovely piece about the city’s factory clocks on the brilliant York Stories site. We don’t need them any more, but we’d miss them if they weren’t there.



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