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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My colleagues made a podcast & The Guardian gave it their seal of approval & it's actually A Very Good Listen if you like Yorkshire, poetry, documentaries, Good History, speakers who aren't just men, and of course the intersections of collections and culture glovesoffleeds.podbean.com

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Gloves Off: Stories from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds | University of Leeds Cultural Collections & Galleries

Documentaries, panel discussions, interviews with artists and writers, and more from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds.

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Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The @lulgalleries.bsky.social podcast series on John Nicholson the Bingley Byron is pick of the week in the Guardian! Listen to lots of brilliant people make very interesting points* exploring Nicholson's tempestuous poetry, life, and social context: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Aditya Chakrabortty and Yanis Varoufakis dissect democracy: best podcasts of the week

The Guardian columnist and former Greek finance minister tackle big political questions in a hugely entertaining chat. Plus, why was actor Nkechi Simms placed in foster care?

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We're hiring! We're on the hunt for a Digital Storytelling Coordinator to join our Audience Development & Communications team. You'd create audience focused digital stories that engage with and promote our world-class collections. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Applications close 11 October.

Blue text over a photograph of people being photographed reads "Hiring! Could you be our Digital Storytelling Coordinator We're looking for..."

Blue text over photographs of people sharing collections reads
"- Ability to prioritise under pressure and handle competing deadlines.
- Examples of using data insights to devise, plan and deliver objective-driven digital content."

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"- Experience of producing and publishing digital content using a variety of CMS.
- Excellent written and presentation skills, with a keen editorial eye."

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"- Outstanding initiative with proactive, self-motivated and flexible attitude.
- Experience in coordinating cross-team workflows.
Sound a bit like you? Apply by 11 October."

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📷️ Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Landscape with a Wood, n.d. LEEUA 1967.010.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Inspired by this lovely time of year where the air is crisp and the leaves are still (mostly) green, our #MuseumJigsaw this week is Landscape with a Wood by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Play here: www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries 🧩

An oil painting of a dark green landscape with tall trees either side. Between the trees the sky is pale blue and the edge of a house is visible.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy 550th birthday to William Caxton's printing press! To celebrate the anniversary, we made a video all about our copy of Caxton's Cordiale (and its dragons! 🐲) You can watch it, alongside a series of videos from our library pals around the world, over on the @bibsoc.bsky.social YouTube channel

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📸 Ernest Albert Waterlow, Autumn, n.d. Salford Museum & Art Gallery 1877-18. 📸 Benjamin Barker II, Sunset, n.d. Gift of Sir Michael Sadler, 1923. LEEUA 1923.049.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There’s a chill in the air in today’s #autumn #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social We’ve chosen two autumnal oil paintings, rich in their seasonal golden hues.

A landscape painting of a person in a boat on a lake. Around the lake there are tall trees with orange leaves. The sun is low in the sky.

A landscape painting of a person leading a cow down a curved dirt road. The road is surrounded by shrubbery and sparse trees. The sky has a golden hue.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Maker Not Recorded brings these reflections together through a zine and new audio on Bloomberg Connects. Inside you will find conversations and provocations about our collections and their often complex histories. Who am I to you? closes on Saturday 3 October. library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

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Who am I to you?

Celebrate ten years of the Treasures of the Brotherton with a bold reimagining of our collection of portrait busts.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By paying attention to both what is present and what is absent, Maker Not Recorded encourages a closer examination of museum objects, asking us to consider who is not represented in collections, and how these absences shape our understanding of culture and history.

Open pages of a zine with the head of a man and a red circle on the left page and a blue right page overlaid on a photograph of a sculpture of a woman reading. Blue and white text reads "By paying attention to both what is present and what is absent, Maker Not Recorded encourages a closer examination of museum objects, asking us to consider who is not represented in collections, and how these absences shape our understanding of culture and history."

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There is however a tension between being represented and being documented. Documentation can provide security and recognition, but it can also become a tool of surveillance and control. The importance of documentation becomes particularly visible when records are missing.

Blue and white text over a photograph of people in a museum reads "There is however a tension between being represented and being documented. Documentation can provide security and recognition, but it can also become a tool of surveillance and control. The importance of documentation becomes particularly visible when records are missing."

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In contrast, the title Maker Not Recorded references a phrase used in the exhibition labelling where it is not known who created the work. In borrowing this phrase, we reiterate the fact that representation isn’t a passive fact, but an active choice.

Blue and white text over a photograph of glass museum cases filled with small green statues reads "In contrast, the title Maker Not Recorded references a phrase used in the exhibition labelling where it is not known who created the work. In borrowing this phrase, we reiterate the fact that representation isn’t a passive fact, but an active choice."

Open pages of a zine, the left page featuring a diagram of a head on a blue background and the right page a medical instrument on a white background, overlaid on a photograph of people in a museum.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Many of the objects in the exhibition are linked to named individuals. We know who is represented, who donated the work, when it entered the collection, or why it was acquired. They tell stories about whose identities and achievements have been considered important enough to preserve.

Open pages of a zine, the left page blue and the right page white, with a blue stature of a woman's head and a red circle in the centre, overlaid on a photograph of a bronze sculpture of a woman's head.

Blue and white text over a photograph of a sculpture of a man's head in a museum, reads "Many of the objects in the exhibition are linked to named individuals. We know who is represented, who donated the work, when it entered the collection, or why it was acquired. They tell stories about whose identities and achievements have been considered important enough to preserve."

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Developed through the University of Leeds’ Welcoming Migrants programme, Maker Not Recorded brings together reflections from a group of co-producers who met to discuss the objects in Who am I to you?, their histories, and the records that surround them.

Open pages from a zine with white busts on a blue background, overlaid on a photograph of bronze and marble busts on plinths in a museum.

Blue and white text over a photograph of someone looking into a glass musem case reads "Developed through the University of Leeds’ Welcoming Migrants programme, Maker Not Recorded brings together reflections from a group of co-producers who met to discuss the objects in Who am I to you?, their histories, and the records that surround them."

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Representation isn't a passive fact, but an active choice." It's the final week to see Who am I you? in Treasures of the Brotherton. Before the exhibition closes, we invite you to look deeper with new interpretation from a group of co-producers and artists from The Highrise Project.

Blue and white text over a photograph of a zine, a coin, and a green statue in a glass museum case reads "Representation isn't a passive fact, but an active choice"

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Want to know who they are all? Explore the exhibition via our Bloomberg Connects digital guide guides.bloombergconnects.org/en-GB/guide/... or plan to visit us in person before the exhibition closes on Saturday 3 October.

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Who am I to you?

Celebrate ten years of the Treasures of the Brotherton with a bold reimagining of our collection of portrait busts.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is the final week of Who am I to you? in Treasures of the Brotherton 👤 We've chosen a parliament of portraits for our last #MuseumJigsaw before we say goodbye to the exhibition and all these faces head back to their homes. Play here: www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries... 🧩

Two rows of marble and bronze portrait busts on plinths in a white-walled museum space.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In 2023 Kira Freije's 'On the Underside of her Breath' welcomed visitors into Contested Bodies. In 2025 Simeon Barclay's 'If This Is A Safe Space' illuminated Parkinson Court at the entrance to [uz],[uz],[uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds. Turner Prize 2026 is at MIMA until 29 March 2027.

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"Kira Freije (b.1985, United Kingdom)
On the Underside of her Breath
2019
Steel, cast aluminium, fur

The pose of this sculpture is both theatrical and powerful: a modern-day warrior woman. A feeling of desire permeates through the figure. Her body armour and the strength of her facial pose hint at the complexity of intimacy and protection in human relations.
This work is exemplary of the sculptural practice of Kira Freije, an artist who works with metals that she welds, casts and manipulates. Freije often references the figure, the domestic, and the psychological within her work."

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"Simeon Barclay (b. 1975)
If This is a Safe Space
2025
Decommissioned parachute and neon

The piece reflects Simeon Barclay’s experience of navigating the UK education system as a Black person from a working-class background. In the artist’s words: ‘If This is a Safe Space addresses the complexities of moving through thresholds, the anxiety of adapting to new social norms and the psychological questioning born of being in uncharted territory.’
Barclay is interested in exploring the social dynamics of memory, class, desire and inheritance. He uses these themes as catalysts for producing works that, with humorous undertones, come to express the paradoxes and ambiguities of situating and defining ourselves within culture and tradition."

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Turner Prize 2026 opens today at MIMA ✨️ Huge congratulations to this year's nominees Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau and Tanoa Sasraku. We've been lucky to have two of the nominated artists previously exhibit in our galleries. #TurnerPrize2026

A steel sculpture of the outline of a person with their hands on their hips, stood on a white plinth in an art gallery.

Neon words suspended within a hanging parachute between two stone columns.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📷 Ivan Meštrović, The Reader (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe), bronze, 1919. Given by Dorothy McGrigor Phillips (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe), 1959. Leeds Museums & Galleries @leedsmuseums.bsky.social. LEEAG SC.1959.0021.0002. 📷 Ivan Meštrović, Lord Brotherton, bronze, c. 1919. ART101.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You can find out more about these sculptures on our Bloomberg Connects digital guide guides.bloombergconnects.org/en-GB/guide/... And author of the interpretation, Jelena Sofronijevic, is giving a talk about the life and legacy of Ivan Meštrović TONIGHT! Tune in from wherever you are 👇

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The Southern Slav Sculptor: Ivan Meštrović, Yugoslavia, and Yorkshire

Join Jelena Sofronijevic for a conversation about sculptor Ivan Meštrović, his legacy in Leeds, and regional diasporic communities today.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Reader Reunited We've chosen these two bronzes by Ivan Meštrović for today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social Lord Brotherton and his niece-in-law Dorothy Una Ratcliffe have been reunited in our exhibition Who am I to you? thanks to a loan from our pals @leedsmuseums.bsky.social

Two bronze sculptures on a white plinth. One is the head and torso of a man and the other is a woman sitting reading.

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Adam Bridgen @adambridgen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Episode 3! AKA the 'Orpheus of Bradford' and 'Bingley Byron", John Nicholson was a Methodist preacher and a tormented drinker, a rambler on Rombald’s Moor and a champion of industry, a conservative and a radical, a woolsorter and a classically-inclined poet glovesoffleeds.podbean.com/e/death-of-a...

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Death of a Poet Episode III: The Summer of his Life | Gloves Off: Stories from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds

The Bingley Byron is the toast of the Bradford arts scene, but trouble’s brewing as he sets out his stall as an establishment rhymer. And back in the present, a descendant of the poet meets his likene...

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Adam Bridgen @adambridgen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

An excellent 4-part podcast series on the stunningly productive and lyrical working-class poet John Nicholson (1790-1843) of Saltaire, near Leeds. He's quite a remarkable figure - so much so that Tony Harrison wrote a play about him in 1993. Part 1: glovesoffleeds.podbean.com/e/death-of-a...

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Death of a Poet Episode I: Birth of a Poet | Gloves Off: Stories from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds

Also known as The Orpheus of Bradford and The Airedale Poet, John Nicholson was a Methodist preacher and a tormented drinker, a rambler on Rombald’s Moor and a champion of industry, a conservative and...

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From the meadow pipits and standing stones of Ilkley Moor to the river at Saltaire where he met his end, join us in the footsteps of The Bingley Byron. Catch up on the whole of Season 1 available now. Listen via Gloves Off glovesoffleeds.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧️

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Gloves Off: Stories from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds | University of Leeds Cultural Collections & Galleries

Documentaries, panel discussions, interviews with artists and writers, and more from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Amid riots and shootings in Bradford, The Bingley Byron seems to have perfected writing for more than one audience at a time. His celebrations of beer and outlaw life satisfy the pub crowd, while he courts a wealthy mill owner with sensational morality tales. But how long can he keep them all happy?

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ep. IV A Poet-Poacher John Nicholson takes an epic trip through space and time in his first book of poetry, Airedale in Ancient Times. Who was The Bingley Byron? Find out through our new podcast series, Death of a Poet. Season 1 available now wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧️

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"the greatest phenomena among the sculptors" of his time This Thursday, join Jelena Sofronijevic for a conversation about sculptor Ivan Meštrović. See Meštrović's bronzes in Treasures of the Brotherton before the talk, or join us online from wherever you are 👇 library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The students are back! 🥳 With so many new faces joining us in Leeds this week, we've chosen this photograph of campus for our #MuseumJigsaw - featuring the iconic Parkinson Building and Liliane Lijn's Converse Column Play here www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries...

Photograph of tall buildings behind a sign that reads University of Leeds. To the right is a cylindrical blue sculpture with illuminated words, and in the background are two spires and a clock tower.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

September e-news just dropped! Give it a listen 🎧️ soundcloud.com/lulgalleries...

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📷 Alexander Cozens, Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep, n.d. @etoncollege.bsky.social FDA-D.154-2010. 📷 Alexander Cozens, A Landscape with Wooded Hill (also known as Landscape with Spire), n.d. LEEUA 1923.003.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're out in the countryside for today's #rural #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social for The Argyll Collection on Tour #RSA200 We've chosen the drawings of Alexander Cozens with their charming details of rural life. Can you spot the sheep and the spire? 🐑

Drawing in shades of brown of a hut on a small hill with a shepherd and a flock of sheep nearby.

Drawing in shades of brown of a hilly landscape with a tiny spire in the valley.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The talk will trace the Ivan Meštrović's presence in collections between Leeds and Bradford. We'll also explore dis/connections with Balkan and Yugoslav/diaspora communities today. Join us next Thursday evening, in person at Treasures of the Brotherton or online: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

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The Southern Slav Sculptor: Ivan Meštrović, Yugoslavia, and Yorkshire

Join Jelena Sofronijevic for a conversation about sculptor Ivan Meštrović, his legacy in Leeds, and regional diasporic communities today.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sculpture fans - this one's for you! Next week, join Jelena Sofronijevic for a conversation about sculptor Ivan Meštrović. Meštrović was an early influence on Yorkshire artist Henry Moore, and Auguste Rodin called him "the greatest phenomena among the sculptors" of his time.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey Leeds! Come and discover more about Leeds! Heritage Open Days is in full swing and this Saturday we invite you to drop in to explore 400 years of stories about the greatest city in the world. From the 1600s to the present day, what makes Leeds Leeds? library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

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Heritage Open Day: 400 Years of Leeds

Join us to discover stories of a city and its people, from the 1600s to the present day.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From the meadow pipits and standing stones of Ilkley Moor to the river at Saltaire where he met his end, join us in the footsteps of The Bingley Byron. New episodes available each week. Listen via Gloves Off glovesoffleeds.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧️

Stacked images resembling a film strip of horses galloping in a field behind a drystone wall

Stacked images resembling a film strip of a close up of someone walking through a field

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Only a brief biography on The Bingley Byron survives, but we’ve gathered a cast of poets, actors, artists, bellringers, historians, enthusiasts and a direct descendant – to return to the poems that Nicholson did write down, and the places he lived and died, to unearth his chaotic, charismatic story.

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Stacked images resembling a film strip of a close up of moorland grasses

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ep. III The Summer of his Life The Bingley Byron is the toast of the Bradford arts scene, but trouble’s brewing as he sets out his stall as an establishment rhymer. Who was The Bingley Byron? Find out through our new podcast series, Death of a Poet. 🎧️

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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This year's FUAM Graduate Art Prize exhibition @lulgalleries.bsky.social opens today with an event from 5.30 to 7.30pm! Find out more 👇

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Did you know we've also launched a new podcast, Death of a Poet, which heavily features the moorland setting and all it's wonder. Listen via Gloves Off or wherever you get your podcasts, and join us as we follow in the footsteps of The Bingley Byron. glovesoffleeds.podbean.com

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Gloves Off: Stories from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds | University of Leeds Cultural Collections & Galleries

Documentaries, panel discussions, interviews with artists and writers, and more from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds.</p>

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Did you experience Harmonic Fields at Baildon Moor last week with Bradford Culture Company? Inspired by the beauty of the moor, our #MuseumJigsaw this week is Moorland Landscape by Norman Adams. Play here: www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries 🧩 bradfordculture.co.uk/event/harmon...

Painting with thick brushstrokes of a moorland landscape with green and yellow ground against a pale yellow sky.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📷 Alfred Wallis, Boats, n.d. Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art. MIDMA/FA/0256. 📷 Alfred Wallis, Saltash Bridge, n.d. Bequest of Marie Walker Last, 2017. LEEUA 2017.014.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We're by the sea for today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social We've chosen the paintings of Alfred Wallis - a self taught artist who first picked up a paintbrush aged 70! Having lived by the sea all his life, his works often feature port landscapes made with household paint on cardboard.

Blocky painting of three ships, two with steam and one with sails, on the water outside a harbour wall.

Blocky painting of four ships on the water along a walled coastline, with a bridge and green fields near the shore.

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Gloves Off: Stories from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds | University of Leeds Cultural Collections & Galleries

Documentaries, panel discussions, interviews with artists and writers, and more from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds.</p>

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