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  • A cheeky green dragon with yellow eyes drawn by illustrator Chris Riddell on a purple background. The dragon is surrounded by smoke and stars.
    British Library, London

    Fairy Tales

    27 March – 23 August 2026

    A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

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  • A collage on a blue background. It shows a cat in a spaceship and a star against an orange planet-shaped background. There are a frog and some leaves against a green planet-shaped background. And, a fish and some coral against a blue planet-shaped background. There are also a bird and a rocket!
    Leeds Central Library
    Free

    Story Explorers in Leeds

    Thursday 19 February – Saturday 29 August

    Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.

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  1. Food Season branding featuring an image of apples

    Vittles presents: From Aspic to Instagram

    Saturday 13 June, 11.15

    Food Photography Through the Ages.

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  2. Black and white photograph of a group of Palestinians picking olives taken between 1880 and 1922.

    The Edible Archive: Palestinian Memory and Resistance

    Saturday 13 June 13.00

    Land, Seeds, Roots and Growth.

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  3. Image from 1685 depicting women working in a large kitchen

    Kitchen Counter Cultures: Rethinking Womens’ Culinary World

    Saturday 13 June 13.00

    A rich and provocative celebration of women who have cooked, created, and lived in radically imaginative ways.

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  4. Photos of Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer, The Flygerians: Jess and Jo and Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala

    In the Heat Together: Couples in the Kitchen

    Saturday 13 June 14.00

    Couple and sibling relationships in the pressure cooker of the commercial kitchen.

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  5. Head shot of the speakers: Mallika Basu, Anna Taylor, James Collier and Claire Hughtes

    From Food Lovers to Change Makers

    Saturday 13 June 14.30

    Turning passion for food into power to transform the food system.

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  6. Painting of a Tudor family at a table with food

    Much Ado About Cooking

    Saturday 13 June 16.00

    Appetite, feasting and hunger in Shakespeare, with Simon Russell Beale and guests.

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  7. Photograph from 1954 of lunchtime at a school in Oswestry.

    Please Sir, I Want Some More: Revolutionising What Kids Eat

    Saturday 13 June 16.00

    How some school cooks are creating magic on a shoestring.

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  8. Bottled palm oil in a pan at the market

    Palm Oil: The Crisis of a Contested Food

    Sunday 14 June 11.30

    How a vital cultural ingredient came to be demonised.

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  9. Photographs of Ruthie Rogers and Cynthia Shanmugalingam

    Ruthie Rogers: On Kitchens, Culture and River Cafe

    Sunday 14 June 11.30

    The award-winning chef, restaurateur and podcaster in conversation with Cynthia Shanmugalingam.

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