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Join local writer, Gaia Holmes, at King Cross Library, Halifax, for a series of creative writing workshops on the theme of the colour BLUE... Where: King Cross Library, 151 Haugh Shaw Rd, Halifax HX1 3BG When: Saturday mornings, 10.30- 12.30 from the 24th of February to the 30th of March. How much: 6 sessions= £50

7:30pm Spend an evening in the extraordinary company of Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE - ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’ - as he goes beyond his record-breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth. Sir Ranulph has circumnavigated the surface of the globe from pole to pole, became the first person to cross the Arctic

Join local writer, Gaia Holmes, at King Cross Library, Halifax, for a series of creative writing workshops on the theme of the colour BLUE... Where: King Cross Library, 151 Haugh Shaw Rd, Halifax HX1 3BG When: Saturday mornings, 10.30- 12.30 from the 24th of February to the 30th of March. How much: 6 sessions= £50

16th March 2024 2pm – 4pm Poetry can inspire children with a range of literacy levels, helping them to understand concepts through rhythm and rhyme. Would you like to try your hand at writing children’s eco-poetry? Then this workshop is perfect for you. You’ll be given prompts, tips and inspiration for writing poems aimed at

Join local writer, Gaia Holmes, at King Cross Library, Halifax, for a series of creative writing workshops on the theme of the colour BLUE... Where: King Cross Library, 151 Haugh Shaw Rd, Halifax HX1 3BG When: Saturday mornings, 10.30- 12.30 from the 24th of February to the 30th of March. How much: 6 sessions= £50

Embroidery and mixed-media artist Tzipporah Johnston will be holding an artist talk and private view of her new exhibition at the Folklore Centre, Todmorden. The Museum of Monotropism is an immersive installation that weaves together embroidery, mixed media, and found objects, creating a living museum that reflects the artist’s autistic brain. Through Tzipporah’s special interests

Doors 7pm Talk 7.30pm “The opening and re-opening of Calderdale Industrial Museum” - Have you ever wanted to know more about how Calderdale Industrial Museum was set up and operates? If you do this informative talk by Peter Robinson will put you in the picture. Peter will talk about the setting up the original museum,

Join local writer, Gaia Holmes, at King Cross Library, Halifax, for a series of creative writing workshops on the theme of the colour BLUE... Where: King Cross Library, 151 Haugh Shaw Rd, Halifax HX1 3BG When: Saturday mornings, 10.30- 12.30 from the 24th of February to the 30th of March. How much: 6 sessions= £50

2pm Red Brick Auditorium Destitute after the death of her Chelsea Pensioner husband, remarkably, 78-year-old Hannah Logan walked to London from Halifax in 1832; Lucy Hamerton recorded much about quirks of life in 19th Century Elland; Southowram-born Caroline Freeman is believed to have been the first Calderdale woman University graduate; and Eileen Nugent from Sowerby

2pm Red Brick Auditorium The remarkable story of a Derbyshire woman who rose from relatively humble beginnings, to be (probably) the richest woman in England after Elizabeth I! She married four times, built the first Chatsworth and two Hardwick Halls, among others structures, and founded dynasties which still hold influence today. She even hoped her

Doors 7pm. Start: 7.30pm The April talk in the series of Calderdale Industrial Museum Association talks will be given by Corinne McDonald and features the Picker Making Industry in and around Todmorden. In 1925 Todmorden was making more pickers than any other town in England. How and why did this come about? All are welcome.

6pm In the “Tiny Grayston”, with local writer Gaia Holmes Informal, inspirational sessions which look at the work of contemporary writers, drawing on the real and the imagined, responding to writing prompts, and creating original material. This workshop welcomes writers of all abilities and is the perfect opportunity to excessive your creative muscles and put