Leisure and culture

• Get your skates on for Leicester’s Christmas cracker of festive fun

  24 November 2022

  4 minute read

  CHRISTMAS in Leicester is about to get a lot cooler as the finishing touches are made to the city’s festive ice rink before it opens next week.

• One-stop shop at libraries to help people into work

  16 November 2022

  3 minute read

  Leicester’s libraries have teamed up with local Jobcentres to help people get better off by getting into work.

• Leicester ready to countdown to Christmas

  16 November 2022

  3 minute read

  THE dark winter evenings are set to get a bit brighter in Leicester as final preparations are made for the annual Christmas lights switch on.

• Leicester’s Wheel of Light returns for Christmas

  11 November 2022

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Jubilee Square is getting in the festive spirit as the Wheel of Light makes its return for Christmas.

• New exhibition charts HIV/AIDS epidemic in Leicester

  10 November 2022

  2 minute read

  AN EXHIBITION that charts the city’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to the present day opens at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery tomorrow (Friday).

• Let’s Get Resourceful sessions will help keep you warm and healthy this winter

  9 November 2022

  2 minute read

  FREE adult learning sessions aimed at helping people to tackle the cost of living crisis are being held at libraries and community centres across the city.

• City venues mark Leicester Art Week

  8 November 2022

  2 minute read

  A TEN-DAY celebration of the visual arts gets under way in Leicester this week – and Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is amongst the venues taking part.

• The countdown to Christmas in Leicester has begun

  7 November 2022

  2 minute read

  WHAT’S 46ft tall, fantastically festive and takes pride of place at Leicester’s Clock Tower? It’s this year’s giant Christmas tree and its arrival means the countdown to Christmas has begun.

• Funding boost for Leicester's museums

  4 November 2022

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S museums are in line to get more than £1.2million of extra Arts Council England funding over the next three years.

• 200th heritage information panel celebrates city’s diversity

  3 November 2022

  1 minute read

  THE history of one of Leicester’s most diverse neighbourhoods is being commemorated in the city’s 200th heritage information panel.

• Finale for World Reimagined globes

  2 November 2022

  1 minute read

  A NATIONAL art education project that aimed to transform understanding of the transatlantic slave trade will come to an end this month.

• Gym reopens after major refurbishment

  2 November 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW sports centre gym featuring state of the art fitness equipment and a brand new studio space has reopened after a major refurbishment programme.