The Decanter Wine Bar, Leeds, England.
THE DECANTER WINE BAR, LOCATED ON PARK ROW – THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT OF LEEDS CITY CENTRE
A STYLISH VENUE, WITH AN URBAN FEEL, THE RECLAIMED WOOD BAR SITS PROUDLY SURROUNDED BY EXPOSED BRICK WALLS. WINE IS THE SPECIALITY AT THE DECANTER, WHO HAS USED EXPERT WINE SUPPLIERS TO CREATE A WINE LIST TO WOW THE PEOPLE OF LEEDS. YOU CAN EXPECT AROMATIC AND ZESTY WHITE WINES, RICH AND LUXURIOUS REDS, TO CRISP AND FRUITY ROSE’S, SOURCED FROM THE FINEST VINEYARDS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD. ALONG WITH THE VAST SELECTION OF WINES THERE ARE FINE CHAMPAGNES, SPARKLING WINE, PREMIUM LAGERS, CRAFT BEERS, CLASSIC COCKTAILS, BRANDY’S, SHERRY’S, PORTS AND SPIRITS.
Independent Leeds - The Decanter Wine Bar
The Decanter Wine Bar is located at 17 Park Row, nested into the financial district of Leeds City Centre.
A stylish venue, with an urban feel, the reclaimed wood bar sits proudly surrounded by exposed brick walls. Wine is the speciailty at The Decanter, who uses expert wine suppliers to create a wine list to wow the people of Leeds. You can expect aromatic and zesty white wines, rich and luxurious reds, to crisp and fruity rose’s, sourced from the finest vineyards from all corners of the world. Along with the vast selection of wines there are fine champagnes, sparkling wine, premium lagers, craft beers, classic cocktails, brandy’s, sherry’s and spirits.
The Decanter is open 7 days a week from 12pm until late, so you can enjoy a quality coffee, or alcoholic beverage in a relaxed, speakeasy environment any day of the week.
A charcuterie menu is also available from 12pm until 10pm, where you can choose from a selection of locally sourced cheese and meat boards, pork pie boards and sandwiches, where staff will be happy to suggest the best wine to go with your meal.
Festival Essentials - Reading & Leeds | ZOE LDN
It's Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend so I thought i'd pull together some of my top festival essentials to help you pack if you are heading there!
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I meant to say to decanter the alcohol if it's in a glass bottle, don't take the glass bottle as it's not permitted. Sorry this wasn't clearer!!
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CASTLE HILL - HUDDERSFIELD - flying in my dreams
WW2 AA battery
all that remains of this gun emplacement is some steel reinforced concrete - this is a very easily missed artifact of ww2
there are dozens of reports of a 'grey lady' nearby - some sources indicate she is the witch who foretold Robin Hoods death in November 1347
Castle Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument situated on a hilltop overlooking Huddersfield, in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. It has been settled for at least 4,000 years. Experts regard it as one of Yorkshire's most important early Iron Age hill forts . The summit of Castle Hill is by far the most conspicuous landmark in Huddersfield. The Hill has been a place of recreation for hundreds of years and the easily discernible remains of past occupation have made it a subject for legend, speculation and scientific study. It can be located on UK Maps grid reference SE152140.
The first people to set eyes on Castle Hill were probably hunters and gatherers of the Mesolithic age, camping amongst the forests which at that time covered the land. In the Neolithic and Bronze Age, there appears to have been widespread travel or trade along the river valleys connecting the Yorkshire Wolds, the Peak District and the Mersey and Ribble estuaries. This is shown by various characteristic types of stone and bronze tools in a place far from their points of origin. The hillfort was constructed in the early Iron Age, around 555BC taking up the whole hilltop. Modifications were made around AD43 to improve the defences, probably in response to the new threat from the Roman Empire.
The banks and ditches that remain are not those left by the Iron Age people. They are much more the result of recutting and other alterations carried out during the Middle Ages, and then modified by centuries of erosion. After the Norman Conquest of 1066, Almondbury became part of the territory known as the Honour of Pontefract, which was held by the de Laci family. It was they who established a small Castle on the hill. The castle is mentioned in a charter of King Stephen to Henry de Laci of about 1142 to 1154, and archaeological excavation has provided a wooden stake, radiocarbon-dated to the late 1140s, and a coin of about 1160. It can be assumed that the castle was complete and occupied by the 1140s.
In the early 14th century there was an attempt to found a town on the hill. It was laid out in the lower bailey, and possibly elsewhere on the hill. Aerial photography revealed a central roadway flanked by regularly laid-out plots. The town was probably abandoned by the 1340s, although memory of it may have lingered, since the map of Almondbury drawn up in 1634 marks the hill as the site of a town. After the end of the Middle Ages, Castle Hill remained uninhabited until the early 19th century. Its prominent position made it an ideal site for a warning beacon, as part of a network of such beacons on other prominent hills all over the country, spreading out in lines from the coast.
By 1897 Queen Victoria had reigned over the British Empire for sixty years, longer than any other monarch. A permanent memorial of this event was planned in the form of a tower perched on the hill overlooking the town of Huddersfield. Despite some difficulty raising the money required, the tower was opened by the Earl of Scarborough on 24 June 1899. Although often referred to as the Jubilee Tower, the correct name is the Victoria Tower. Designed by Isaac Jones of London, it was built by the firm of Ben Graham and Sons of Folly Hall, using stone from Crosland Hill. It cost £3,298, and was 106 feet (32.3 m) high, which, added to the height of the hill itself, made the top 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level.
Time To Remember - Turn Of The Century 1896 - 1902 - Record G - Reel 2 (1900-1901)
Pathe have rights to clips in Time to Remember programmes but not to commentary or whole programme as screened.
Reel 2.
01:13:40 Part Two Titles
01:13:48 Mock up of interior of Sherlock Holmes flat. We see laboratory equipment, a microscope, drinks decanter, handcuffs, a wax work model of Holmes is seen seated in one corner. C/U wax work of Holmes. Letters VR written in bullet holes in the wall. A Persian slipper. Bottle labeled up Cocaine. Holmes' violin. Various pieces of evidence from cases. C/U portrait of woman. C/U tea tray. C/U Hypodermic syringe. Holmes cape and deer stalker and Dr Watson's coat and hat hang from the door.
10:15:16 Street scenes in London (near The Bank). Busy streets filled with hansom cabs and other horse drawn vehicles. Scene in Leeds with early steam powered tram.
01:15:36 Gathering of hot air balloons. They are all on the ground waiting for take off. Gondola hanging below an airship. C/U part of an airship. Aerial view of town from airship. Women passengers in the cradle of an airship.
01:16:03 Large sailing ship on high seas (Paperwork describes it as a windjammer). High waves wash over the side of the ship. The sailors hang onto the rigging to avoid being washed overboard. Sailors hang onto sail.
01:16:43 Sun shining across ice field in Antarctica. Long line of men pulling rope attached to ship. They are pulling the ship through the ice sheet. Ship in ice. Ice cracks as the ship goes forwards
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The Wine Gang Christmas Fair at Vinopolis 2012
The Wine Gang Christmas Fair at Vinopolis 2012
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Vanessa Cox Pendray - Ceramic Artist
Vanessa Cox Pendray M.A.C.E.(UEA London), PDD Ceramics,
Adult & Community Teaching Certificate
I have worked in Art/Textiles/Dance/Craft/Clay/Photgraphy, cookery and fashion for most of my life and enjoy making pots on my wheel.
I like to teach and pass on my work to the community, also experiment on new designs in geometrical patterns and crystalline glazes - ceramics being my specialist subject.
After raising my family, my selection to Amsterdam Ceramic Millennium July 1999 led me on to working in the community, as one area of my work can be made by many different aged children - junior/senior.
Awards:
Craft Potters Association January 2002;
East of England Arts June 2001;
Schools & Families Hertfordshire CC June 2001-2006;
Lee Valley Par September 2001;
East Herts DC March 2001- 2004 Photography and Ceramics;
Selected by the American Ceramic Arts Foundation for the Ceramic Millenium RAI Centre, Amsterdam. July 1999;
Extended learning Children Schools and families. 2006-2009.
Commissions:
Zelli Porcelain Gallery, London W1 - 2008;
NHS Trust Art Therapy - 2004;
Hertfordshire County Council Schools & Families - June 2001-8;
East Herts DC Life Long Learning Ceramics Projects;
EHDC Photography Commissions 2002;
Feeling Good February 2007/8/9, Herts County Council;
Exhibitions:
Clitheroe Platform Gallery 2001;
Leeds City Gallery - 2001;
RAI Centre Amsterdam. Millennium selection July 1999;
Bell Fine Art, Winchester - 2001;
Affordable Art, Battersea Park 2002;
Amsterdam Basalt Gallery - July 1999;
Art in Clay - Hatfield House - Solo Exhibitions between 2003-2012;
Hertfordshire County Council - September 2003-2008;
Lee Valley Park Authority - September 2003;
Zelli Porcelain Gallery 2008;
Permanent Public works of Art:
The Royal Homeopath Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street, London WC1,2008;
The County Hospital Hertford. 2004 and 2012;
The Isabel Hospice, Welwyn Garden City 2002;
Work displayed in schools throughout Hertfordshire from 2000.
Qualifications:
MA - Creative Entrepreneurship - UEA(London);
PDD - Postgrad Dev Diploma Ceramic Design;
HNC - Ceramic Design;
HNC - Multi Crafts;
BTEC - Fashion Design;
BTEC - Photography;
Adult & Community Teaching Certificate.
Publications:
Geometric Ceramic Daisies (Craft Club/Craft Council) 2012;
Sunday Telegraph Magazine Supplement - Nov. 2012;
Wall Pieces by Dominique Bivar Segurado (Pub. A&C Black 2009);
Anglia TC - May 2002;
Glass Prselain Kristal aardework No2 - April 1999 Amsterdam;
Three Counties Radio 1999;
Radio 4 1998;
Local Press;
Ceramic Review Jan 2002 & July 2003.
Margate Shell Grotto - Antiques Road Trip, 2013
Antiques Road Trip. Broadcast 20 November 2013, BBC1. Presenters: Will Axon and Tim Wonnacott. Interviewee: Sarah Vickery. Filmed at the Shell Grotto 3 May 2013.
Yorkshire rippers house.(8/03/19) Ex wife still lives here
Oz Clarke's Let Me Tell You About Syrah
Join Oz Clarke, Matt Kramer, and Kevin Zraly as they talk about where the best Syrah grapes grow.
Grab a glass of your favorite Syrah and enjoy the ultimate Conversation on Wine.
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Beginner Mistakes on the Lathe | 6 Days of Beginner Woodturning Day 3
See some of the beginner mistakes I made while making a bottle opener out of black palm on the wood lathe. This is Day 3 of my 6 Days of Beginner Woodturning Projects. If you’ve wanted to add lathe work into your woodworking this is a great place to start. I’ll share some basics and what I learned turning each project.
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Oz Clarke on Texas wines.mpg
In the middle of October, 2010, I got a phone call from Oz Clarke's publicist asking if I would like to join him in a private tasting of Texas wines. He had read my book, The Wine Roads of Texas, and was anxious to learn more about what was happening in Texas wines.
We had a nice time together. He was supposed to stay for about three hours and ended up staying for eight hours. (Pity the poor driver who had to wait! Oz gave him some of the best wine so he could console himself when he got home).
All during our tasting, Oz was throwing out some wonderful advice for the wine makers and grape growers of Texas, so at about midnight, I asked him to give a short talk that would be as if the collected Texas wine industry were there in my office, prepared for Oz's opinions. That is the recording you see here.
There was a technical problem. My only film camera operates for a maximum of one minute. So Oz had to stop and restart every minute. I have edited out those moments where he gathered his thoughts about Texas wines between recoding snippets, but have done zero editing on the content. While what he says won't please every single winemaker or grape grower in Texas, Oz stated his case from the heart, truthfully and with what had become over our time together, great faith in the potential of Texas wines.
On a personal note, Oz was a charming and genteel man with an incredible background. He was a singer and actor in London's West End theaters, a chorister with several of the top choirs in England, a rock'n'roll musician with an album out on EMI, a TV presenter with over 6,000,000 viewers (show will soon be on BBC America), and an author of over 20 books. He was funny and casual until it came to wine, then he was meticulous, careful and very knowledgeable, all without ever being fussy or snobby.
There will be more to come about this interview, including his choices for the best wines of the tasting (mine as well) and interviews with the grape growers responsible for the wines we selected.
For more on Oz, go to ozclarke.com or check out his most recent books, Grapes and Wines, Let Me Tell You About Wine, and Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2011.
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How to Use a French Press | Perfect Coffee
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My name is Mike Jones, and I'm a barista at Third Rail Coffee right by Washington Square Park in New York City. I'm going to teach you some basic coffee-making skills.
I'm going to show you how to make a French press. First there's a few things you're going to need. You're going to need some fresh coffee, preferably whole bean in which case you'll also need a grinder. You'll need a timer and then you'll also need the French press. So the first thing you're going to do is weigh out the beans. I like to use 25 grams of coffee for this size French press. Now if you don't have a scale, you can also just do three rounded scoops. So you can go ahead and grind this coffee. So this is ground medium coarse. You can play around with the grind setting after making it a couple of times. If it's tasting too bitter and too strong, you might be using a little bit too fine of a grind. And if it's a little bit watery and weak, then it might be too coarse. So you take the French press, and you're going to want to preheat it. You can either take water off a boil, have a nice water tower here. Then you let that sit for a while so it gets up to heat. Alright, so after the French press is preheated, you want to dry it out then add the grounds. Now again, I definitely recommend getting a scale, it just makes brewing coffee easier. But if you don't have one, you just want to use about 12 and a half ounces of water for this size. So I'm going to go ahead and add the water to the French press. The first amount I'm going to add is just enough to soak the grounds at the bottom of the press. So adding that in... so just that much water there. And then just stir it around to incorporate all the grounds with the water and start the timer. And you actually just let that sit there for 30 seconds. I would also recommend covering it when you're not doing anything to keep the heat intact. Alright, after 30 seconds you're going to add the rest of the water. Now this is either 12 and a half ounces or 400 grams of water. Once you've added all of that, just give it another gentle stir. And you put the plunger on and then you're going to let that sit until 3 and a half minutes. So after 3 and a half minutes you're going to press the plunger down. And this is another way you can tell if you've ground too coarse or too fine. If it goes without any resistance, it's going to be too coarse. And then if you have a really difficult time pressing down it's going to be too fine. Then I recommend decanting the French press before serving, because if you leave it sitting there it will actually keep extracting and end up tasting bitter. So once you've done that, you can just let it cool down and it's ready to serve.
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Telstra - National Business Awards - MYOB Small Business Award Winner - City Ceramics (NT)
Telstra Business Awards - 2010 National Winner of the MYOB Small Business Award is City Ceramics (NT)
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Occupy New Hampshire Primary Gay Pride March.wmv
Occupy Wall Street's Occupy the New Hampshire Primary Encampment stages a gay pride rally in Manchester, New Hampshire starting in Victory Park, across from campaign central, the Radisson Hotel (Saturday, January 7, 2012)
Legrande - Foxhunter Solihull - 22-09-2010
Buckskin Oldenburg stallion, jumping his second Foxhunter class at Solihull Riding Centre on 22nd September 2010. lynairesportshorses.com