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Treasure Handling Session – Geography and History3 days

As part of the Trivial Pursuits project, which has been put in place to celebrate Leeds 400, the library put on a series of ‘Treasures Showcases’ for each of the Trivial Pursuit categories. In August, the themes were Geography and History and items from our Special Collections department were taken out to be displayed and...

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Leeds 400 – People, Places, Plants5 days

Today’s blog post is by guest contributor Harriet Hicks. Harriet Hicks is scientific writer and archive enthusiast from London who now lives locally. She has volunteered with the Dead Plants Society since January 2026. It has been 400 years since Leeds town charter was first signed in July 1626, and the city has been the...

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Treasures Handling Session – Sports, Leisure, Science and Nature1 week

To mark Leeds 400 this summer, one of the activities taking place across Leeds has been a city-wide game of Trivial Pursuit with questions all about Leeds. Drawing inspiration from this, we held a series of treasures showcase events themed around the six Trivial Pursuit categories. This week, Joey talks us through items he highlighted...

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Leeds400: the 1926 Tercentenary ‘Old Leeds’ exhibition2 weeks

Over the next few weeks we’ll be posting a few more articles than usual, all tied to our exhibition Leodis: 400 Years of Leeds in the Leeds Libraries Collections. The exhibition can be seen in our City Library until November 11. This week, our focus is on the equivalent exhibition one hundred years ago, in...

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Treasure Handling Session – Entertainment, Arts and Literature2 weeks

This week we welcome Kirsty to the Secret Library blog. Here she highlights a recent event at Leeds City Library that showcased some of our lesser seen items. From 25 July – 30 August 2026 Leeds was transformed into a giant board game to celebrate a landmark moment in its history. People were encouraged to...

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