A tribute band is heading over to Huddersfield to perform some Taylor Swift classics in a very different musical style.
Taylor Swift fever has took the world by storm, and rightly so, whether you’re all snuggled up in your TS embroidered cardigan or re-enacting The Eras Tour full setlist for the millionth time, this gig is for you.
Although you won’t be seeing the pop titan that is Ms. Swift gracing the streets of Huddersfield, you have the next best thing - Taylor More Swiftly.
Made up of USA and UK artists who are Punk/Ska masterminds are set to cover Taylor’s discography on the night, but in a much faster and much punkier/ska-style.
Each member of the pop superstar cover collective all come from various bands including: Bite Me Bambi, The Bar Stool Preachers, Andy B & The World and Old Chase.
Taking place at Parish, this venue hasn’t had an easy ride this year taking to Instagram back in March to reveal that their electricity had been ‘illegally shut off’.
Since this announcement the independent live music bar which has been putting on some of the best live music in Huddersfield for almost 20 years has taken up temporary residence in nearby bar Brewdog.
This Taylor-themed gig which is scheduled to take place in July will hopefully be taking place at their original much loved and very impressive Queen Street site, all fingers crossed.
Tickets for this event will definitely be snapped up quickly as they’re priced at £7.70 per person, make sure you’re not having a ‘Cruel Summer’ and come support Taylor More Swiftly and Parish.
Ready to strut your stuff in ‘Style’ or wear your best dress ‘Fearless’, this night is going to be packed with hits you can ‘Shake It Off’ to.
Taylor More Swiftly are coming to Parish in Huddersfield on 5 July, drop everything now and get tickets HERE.
The tiramisu hype lives on, and this time it's coming to Leeds.
It really does feel like the traditional Italian dessert has taken the world by storm as of late.
Everything from tiramisu cups and tiramisu coffees have been popping up all over our feed, and now tiramisu in drawer form is popping up in the city centre.
Misu Tiramisu is an independent business that began at Manchester's Christmas Markets and quickly became one of the most popular operators, all thanks to its miniature tiramisu ‘drawers’.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
The individually portioned and colourfully packaged desserts quickly became one of town’s top puddings, and owners Aleem and Aishah went on to launch a stand inside the Manchester Arndale too.
And now they’re branching out again in Leeds inside Trinity shopping centre for a two month residency.
You’ll find all their delicious flavours of handmade tiramisu, including classic, pistachio, chocolate, Biscoff, mango, and lemon - they'll also have some gluten-free tiramisu on offer as well, so no one has to miss out.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Misu Tiramisu owners Aleem and Aishah spent a year refining the recipe for their tiramisus after a trip to Milan, first launching with their first market stall in Sale.
Misu Tiramisu is now open inside Trinity shopping centre opposite Boots Opticians and Pop Specs.
They're open every day of the week for you to get your tiramisu fix, from 9am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 5pm on a Sunday.
And trust us Leeds, they're just as delicious as they are adorable.
Fossilised 320-million-year-old fish found in Leeds’ Roundhay Park
Clementine Hall
A prehistoric fish fossil has been unearthed at Roundhay Park in Leeds.
The fascinating prehistoric skull bone of a coelacanth fish was discovered by a geologist at Roundhay Park earlier this year.
It is thought the creature was frozen in time aeons ago, during an era when the park was submerged under a vast tropical lagoon.
The remarkable discovery has now been kindly donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries and added to the natural sciences collection at Leeds Discovery Centre.
Image: Leeds City Council
The Leeds fossil was found by Ru Smith of the Yorkshire Geological Society during a reconnaissance walk he was carrying out ahead of a planned field excursion in the north Leeds park.
Describing the moment he made the discovery, Ru said: “There’s a layer of rock in the park which dates from around 320 million years ago, from a time before the breakup of the continents, when what is now the park would have been situated close the Equator and under the warm waters of a tropical lagoon. West Central Africa would be a good place to find similar environments in the present.
“There’s a bed of freshwater mussels called Carbonicola at one level in the rock, and opening a piece of shale from this bed in my hands I saw something unusual – a distinctive skull bone of a large fish. I knew straight away this was something different and very rare."
The bone was verified byexperts as belonging to a coelacanth older than those found elsewhere in Yorkshire, making it the oldest fossil coelacanth discovered in the region.
Ru added: “Coelacanths are pretty amazing fish and it’s just very cool to think that at one time, you could have been standing in Leeds and watching them swim around above a bed of mussels in Roundhay Park.
“That’s really the wonder of geology, looking at the rock and time travelling in the imagination to what was a very different world.”
Thomas Melia -
16th April 2025 
