With inflation at a 40-year high, it's safe to say that we've all been feeling the pinch recently.
One of life's luxuries is getting a haircut. That euphoric feeling of watching loose ends trimmed, old bangs reframed and highlights bringing life into faded strands- there really isn't a feeling like it.
But as a luxury good, it can be one of the first things to cut back on when money gets tight. But rather than going without, one Leeds salon is helping to combat the cost-of-living cutbacks by offering a range of appointments that involve a voluntary payment of whatever the customer can afford, rather than a set price.
S L Hair, based on Lidgett Lane in Roundhay made headlines earlier this year by adding a 'no small talk' option to hairdressing appointments.
Owner Sam opened SL Hair on Lidgett Lane in Roundhay back in September 2021 and the hairdressers offers a whole host of treatments for all ages, genders and hair styles- available to those that want to chat and those that want the ‘silent treatment’ respectively.
Image: S L Hair
Expect everything from a children’s cut to barber-style chops to balayage, hair extensions and styling- and all treatments come at a reasonable price.
Or if you visit on a Tuesday or Wednesday, you can take full advantage of the 'pay what you can afford' option instead.
Announcing the news earlier this month on Instagram, S L Hair wrote: "Introducing our brand new pay as you can scheme. Every Tuesday and Wednesday we will have some appointments available for cuts where you are able to pay whatever you can. With costs every where rising this is our little way to give back to our local community. Please feel free to comment below if you have any questions."
In order to receive a 'pay what you can appointment', those interested will need to call the salon directly as this option is not available to book online at present.
To book an appointment with S L Hair please call 01332663905, or contact the hairdressers via Instagram for more information.
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.”
Sophie Smith -
28th November 2022 
