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City take narrow lead from FA Trophy first-leg

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York City were left ruing missed opportunities against a feisty Luton Town side who finished the game with nine-men, but City still managed to take a narrow one nil victory into the second leg.

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Part-time French contributor

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Better avoid the city during summer, Races and Saturdays if you don’t like the crowd.

After being unsteady for more than 25 years (I’m still a lady, don’t ask for my age…), I decided to…

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YORK ACOUSTIC @ BISON COFFEE

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York Acoustic have re-released their Boss Caine @ Bison Coffee videos on our sister site, oneandother.tv – read on for a behind-the-scenes account of the shoot.

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Review: The Fall at Fibbers

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Lucy Bellerby reviews post-punk band The Fall, with Mark E. Smith the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the band.

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Review: Chicago The Musical

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And now, ladies and gentleman, York Grand Opera House presents a tale of 1920s corruption and celebrity…

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Forager’s Guide: Wild Garlic

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Surely one of the most coveted of all wild foods, and certainly a keen contender for my top three, the onset of spring heralds the arrival of wild garlic.

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How to: Victory Rolls

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A victory roll was originally a term for a manouevre used by fighter-pilots in the second world war, the women of the 1940s adapted this into a hairstyle that would honour their victorious soldiers.

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“Keywords” with OUI Performance

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O U I Performance is a not-for-profit, artist-led organization which curate live time-based performance in York, North Yorkshire, UK. Founded…

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REVIEW: New Chapter Arts Prize exhibition

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Over 200 converged on Tower Street’s vibrant contemporary art gallery, ‘According to McGee’, for the opening of the New Chapters Arts Prize exhibition on Friday night.

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Meat Free Monday

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I sometimes find pasta too heavy, but I love Italian herbs and flavours, so discovering this dish where the pasta is substituted for omelettes was a revelation.

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Opera Review: La Boheme

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Last night, The Ukranian national Opera’s La Boheme came to The Grand Opera House. One&Other were there to see how it was.

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Mystery at The Minster

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This year’s Big City Read is “Mystery at the Minster” by Susanna Gregory, starting on 25 July at York Explore Library.

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O&O Loves: April Fools Pranks

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Today we celebrate the most jovial of days and pay homage to some past pranks that had us in stitches.

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31 Days of Day Trips: Titus’ Mill

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Founded in 1851 by leading industrialist Sit Titus Salt, Saltaire is a village full of the history, art, scenery and…

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A day to be inspired: Inspire Day!

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Today, the 16 March 2012 is officially Inspire Day, marking the start of a summer promising Olympic themed fun. With…

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The History of Elizabeth II in York

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In case you’ve been living in a cave, you will probably be well aware that today our sovereign HM Queen…

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York secures long-term ceramics loan

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It has recently been announced that The Anthony Shaw Collection – 
consisting of around 800 works and featuring pieces by…

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Headliners announced for Galtres Festival

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On our doorstep sits everybody’s favourite little festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend – Galtres Festival. We’re pleased to say that they have just announced this year’s headliners on top of an already impressive line-up.

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REVIEW: Benjamin Francis Leftwich

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Amy Greene reviews York’s Benjamin Francis Leftwich at Pocklington Arts Centre ahead of his 40-date tour of USA & Canada.

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Giddy heights for York Band

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York band, Tomorrow We Radio last month launched their new single. They are now in the midst of a UK tour and gaining great reviews.

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31 days of History: York before York

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How do we think about York before York? About history before history? Before the founding of Eboracum in AD 71 by the Romans, does it even make sense to talk about York? One&Other explore the prehistory of our city.

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St. Nicholas Fayre – What’s on this year

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24th-27th November Christmas is coming; the goose is getting fat… It’s almost that time of year again: to get into…

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Growing for Gold – 17 Nov 2011

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The Ron Cooke Hub welcomed Olympic gold-medal-winning, Ben Hunt Davis rower last week.

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Charles Dickens – a Christmas institution

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This Dickensian season is forecast to run well into 2012 to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth Charles Dickens, still one of Britain’s most popular authors, which falls on the 7 February 2012.

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REVIEW: And The Horse You Rode In On…

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What better way to spend a sub-zero January night, than investigating new bands? And, to be honest, they don’t come more new than York’s And The Horse You Rode In On…

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Entering the space – keys to stage door

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An explorative piece on how different methods of training in theatre can lead you where you want to go.

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Review: The Gospel of Us

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Port Talbot in South Wales is perhaps not the most apparent location for the setting of a passion play, but…

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Chocolate City

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A monthly column exploring York’s heritage and how it ties in with chocolate.

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Northern Arts Uncovered

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This is an opportunity for Artists to showcase their work in Leeds.

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30 days of Obscure York: The Snickelways

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Today is our final installment in our Obscure York series. Read on to find out all about our historic Snickelways.

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The Animal Testing debate

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In an era of malcontent, protest and counter-protest the city of London saw one of the year’s smallest yet most controversial demonstrations last week.

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Polly Morgan and The Yorkshire Museum

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Renowned Taxidermist Polly Morgan could potentially come to York. Here is how you can make it happen.

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Meat Free Monday: Tortilla Española

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This is probably the most popular and loved dish in Spain. It is one of those recipes cooked slightly differently…

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Blair sends York City to Wembley (again!)

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York City sealed another visit to Wembley with an ecstatic extra-time winner against Mansfield Town in the concluding leg of the semi-final Play-off contest at Field Mill.

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31 Days of History: A Miner’s Tale

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Today’s 31 Days looks at “The Winter of Discontent” and life in a Thatcherite York.

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Review: Howard Marks

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Last night One&Other had the chance of spending an evening with Howard Marks.

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“Originality was the Standard” – Q&A With Flipper

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Influ­en­tial Punk band Flip­per were pioneers from San Francisco’s punk movement and influenced generations of musicians. Formed in 1979 they…

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An Evening With: Darren Shan

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Waterstones York will host an evening with ‘master of horror’ Darren Shan on 1 May.

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31 Days of Day Trips: Our cinematic gem

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Our latest retrospective of Yorkshire’s filming past.

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Go flipping mad for shrove Tuesday

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Residents are being encouraged to go flipping mad this Shrove Tuesday, as part of the York 800 celebrations, by embarking on the age old tradition of a pancake race across York City Centre.

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Comic Book Day is here!

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Since 2002, the first Saturday in May has been known to many as Free Comic Book Day, where participating stores around the world are given a selection of comic books, which they then give away for free. The idea behind FCBD is simple – to get more people into, or back into, comic books.

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Calling ALL COMIC FANS

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For all you die hard comic fans out there this is well worth getting the train to Leeds for. This…

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31 Days of Day Trips: Hockney Trail

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The Yorkshire Tourist Board are working with artist David Hockney to bring more tourists to the region.

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The Great Northern Dickens Expedition

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Today is the 200th birthday of none other than Charles Dickens. And, as quite the fan of the man, I began to wonder if there are any links between Dickens and the places I know and love.

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Historic Railway find in York

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Network Rail have recently unearthed a piece of York’s history, the foundations of North Eastern Railway’s roundhouses.

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Music Review: King Charles

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“Controversial” folk, pop extravagance came to York last night courtesy of King Charles. One&Other went down to see the man behind the masks.

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York’s Twin Towns: Dijon and Münster

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York is twinned with two European towns, Dijon in the Burgundy region of France and Münster in the North Rhine Westphalia region of Germany. York’s partnership with Dijon dates back to 1953 followed by the ‘twinning’ with Münster four years later in 1957.

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Fashion: High-street hits (For Him)

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Some of weekly choices of What’s hot on the York Highstreet.

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50 most influential people in the north

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With so many big names and influential characters up north, it’s difficult to decide who should be at the top of the list. The famous Big Issue newspaper has done the work for us.

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Attraction Review – Chocolate: York’s Sweet Story

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The new visitor attraction Chocolate: York’s Sweet Story will be at opening its candy-striped doors to the public on March 31. One&Other had a sneak peak of what was on offer.

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Tis all Rhubarb

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Not far from The Rhubarb Triangle, One&Other look at how to utilise one of our most popular local ingredients.

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Faith, Secularism and Mutuality

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With the constant attacks on both secularism and faith, One&Other take a look into how we should all be working together as oppose to regimenting differences.

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Galtres Festival In Retrospect

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This year’s Galtres festival represented a real step-up from previous years; the capacity was almost twice that of last year, the site was bigger, more stages had been added and the quality (and quantity) of the headliners were a match for most.

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Do we consider ourselves as British?

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The Great British Debate comes to York’s Theatre Royal tonight – get involved.

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Vinyl Rules this Saturday

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On Saturday (21 April), life will become markedly better for music enthusiasts, vinyl fiends and friends of independent record stores around the country. Why? It’s Record Store Day.

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REVIEW: Shed Seven at York Barbican

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15 years since the release of ‘A Maximum High’, local legends Shed Seven are still going strong. Russ Thorne reviews their performance at York Barbican as their UK tour comes to a close.

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Review: The Buccaneers

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York based band “The Buccaneers” released the video to their new single in style. One&Other went down to see.

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Our Top 5 Ways To Make the Most of the Rays!

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With the Spring this year already promising so much we are taking to opportunity to recommend some fab ways to enjoy the sunshine.

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York is very much what you make it

Miles Watts and Tony Hipwell met in 2006 while both working at City Screen cinema in York and began to…

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York Research Into the Long-Term Incapacitated

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A recent study carried out by Dr Jon Minton on behalf of the University of York and University of Sheffield shows that over the last few decades its has become increasingly difficult for those with poor health to break into the job market.

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31 Days of Day Trips: How Stean Gorge

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So, you’ve been to the National Railway Museum. You’ve done Jorvik. That’s all well and good and you look like a total badass in your plastic Viking’s helmet and locomotive-print apron. But whilst it’s been great, it’s also been a little tame, and deep down you are an adventurer. Here is a suggestion to satisfy the adventurer in you.