The Yorkshire Post Magazine : Grayson Perry exhibition, retro fashion finds and much more

Chris Burn takes you through what is in The Yorkshire Post Magazine this weekend (21/7/23).

Transcript

00:00 Hi, Chris Byrne here, Yorkshire Post Business and Features Editor.

00:04 We've got another packed magazine for you this weekend, starting off with a visit

00:08 to the new Grace and Perry exhibition at Wentworth Woodhouse.

00:11 Got some huge new tapestries on display telling the story of Tim Raquel

00:17 and his journey through the British class system, speaking to

00:21 the Wentworth Woodhouse team about how they hope this new exhibition

00:25 is going to be the start of showing lots of different artworks

00:29 at the country house in South Yorkshire.

00:31 We've also got a fantastic interview with David Pendleton,

00:34 a former railway signalman who's written a new book.

00:37 And there's a visit we've paid to a company in Rotherham called Xeros.

00:43 And they're hoping to change the way we all use our washing machines

00:47 in a more eco-friendly way.

00:49 They also they believe their technology can change the way

00:52 the jeans are made across the world to be more environmentally friendly.

00:57 If that wasn't enough, we've got an interview with Rod Dixon,

01:00 well known on the Leeds theatre scene as part of the Red Ladder Company.

01:04 He's leaving Leeds, he's leaving Yorkshire for a new life in Scotland.

01:08 We chat to him about why, but also about some of his achievements

01:12 with Red Ladder over the years.

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