Leisure and culture

• Photograph exhibition shows life under apartheid

  25 January 2023

  4 minute read

  APARTHEID-era South Africa is the focus of a powerful photographic exhibition coming to Leicester Museum and Art Gallery.

• Leicester gets ready to celebrate Chinese New Year

  18 January 2023

  1 minute read

  A WEEKEND of special events coordinated by Leicester-based Cosmopolitan Arts will mark the start of the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.

• Improvements planned for neighbourhood ball courts

  18 January 2023

  1 minute read

  WORK to upgrade three neighbourhood ball courts and kick-about areas in Leicester is to get under way this year.

• Events at Newarke Houses Museum this winter

  16 January 2023

  1 minute read

  THE STORY of the Leicestershire Regiment and the First World War battle for Bazentin Wood provides the theme for a talk at Newarke Houses Museum on Sunday.

• Braunstone Leisure Centre gym reopens

  11 January 2023

  3 minute read

  A LEISURE centre gym which has undergone a major refurbishment has reopened its doors to visitors.

• New year brings tiger-themed fun to Newarke Houses Museum

  9 January 2023

  3 minute read

  NEWARKE Houses Museum – Leicester’s social history and regimental museum – has a packed programme of fun activities for families to enjoy this winter.

• The Tiger Who Came to Tea comes to Leicester

  5 January 2023

  1 minute read

  NEWARKE Houses Museum celebrates one of Britain’s best loved picture books this month, as it hosts an exhibition exploring the life and work of Judith Kerr. 

• Leicester’s Open 33 prize winners announced

  19 December 2022

  3 minute read

  THE WINNING artworks in this year’s Open 33 exhibition at Leicester’s flagship museum have been announced.

• More festive fun as the countdown to Christmas continues

  15 December 2022

  4 minute read

  THE COUNTDOWN to Christmas continues in Leicester with discos on ice, a last chance to see Santa and traditional panto at De Montfort Hall.

• Ugandan Asian exhibition extended to 2023

  13 December 2022

  4 minute read

  A GROUNDBREAKING exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of thousands of Ugandan Asians is being extended to spring 2023.

• Exhibition celebrates the creativity of East Midlands’ artists

  9 December 2022

  1 minute read

  AN EXHIBITION that showcases artistic talent from across the East Midlands will open at Leicester’s flagship museum tomorrow (Saturday 10 December).

• Volunteers’ energy helps power Abbey Pumping Station

  2 December 2022

  2 minute read

  THE VOLUNTEERS who help to keep the vintage engines running at Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station have been thanked by City Mayor Peter Soulsby.