Classics and the Yorkshire Evening Posts' Light Night Guide

Yesterday (30/09/10) the YEP  published its Light Night pull-out guide. This focused on "the full spectrum of history and creativity on our doorstep" and features four sets of five highlights from the "100 events showcasing the best the city has to offer - from opera to storytelling, history walks to musical theatre, heritage tours to dance".


These are sets of highlights for: heritage lovers, young families, groups and culture vultures.

Two of the 20 highlighted projects are classically based -

22 Narcissus - George Rodosthenous stages the myth of Narcissus in the University of Leeds' new swimming pool (with photo) under "Culture Vultures"

and

56 Underworlds Live in Leeds under "Groups"

A lovely demonstration that classics is:
a) alive and well,
b) considered to have popular appeal with the general public (at whom the pull-out is aimed) as well as "arty" types,
c) *definitely not* restricted to "heritage lovers",
d) a key part of "the full spectrum of history and creativity on our doorstep" in Yorkshire
and
e) is imaginative, creative and inclusive enough to attract funding not only from an HEI (22) but from the City Council (56).

These weathered Doric Columns in the former industrial area of Holbeck give a classical base to a friendly welcome.
The capitals (bits at the top) tell us that these are Doric columns and the bottoms (with no base in sight) tells us these are based on a Greek model rather than a Roman one.