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BBC News
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Royal Armouries podcast series celebrates Warrior Women
A podcast series celebrating the lives of six historical women has been released by one of West Yorkshire's top Leeds-based Royal Armouries has launched Warrior Women, which delves into the stories of spies, soldiers, monarchs and rebels who have played a significant role in museum said it wanted to challenge the "misconception that women have been absent from the front lines of history".The women covered include warrior queen Lakshmi Bai, sword master diplomat Chevalier d'Eon and Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who is believed to have killed more than 300 Nazi soldiers during World War Two. Spy Vera Leigh and samurai Nakano Takeko are two other historical figures celebrated by the podcast, which was funded by the National Lottery Heritage other episode is dedicated to the 18th-century Royal Marine Hannah Snell, who disguised herself as a man to join the British armed museum said the stories would cover the complexities of the women's "struggles and triumphs against subjugation, fascism and colonialism all during periods of history where doing so was immeasurably more difficult due to their gender". Podcast host Anna Ward, who works at the Armouries, said: "Warrior Women is not just a historical podcast; it is an important, progressive conversation about the role of women in history and society today."Their courage, resilience, and agency in conflict reflect the struggles still faced by women around the world today."We invite listeners to embark on this journey, rethinking the past and scrutinising what these stories might say about our present." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'At risk' Leith Theatre is saved with £4.5m funding
A historic Edinburgh theatre on an "at-risk" register for almost a decade is to be saved after being awarded £ Theatre, which opened in 1932, is to receive the cash from the National Lottery Heritage Grade-B listed building was built as a gift to the people of Leith following the incorporation of Leith into the City of Edinburgh's new boundaries in said lengthy periods of closure have preserved many original features, making the theatre a distinctive and valuable heritage site. Lynn Morrison, Leith Theatre Trust chief executive, said: "We are delighted with this initial support from The National Lottery Fund."This is a significant milestone."In its glory days the theatre hosted bands including AC/DC and one of few buildings in Edinburgh to sustain war damage, the theatre was closed in 1941. It then reopened for pop-up events over the the main auditorium has been closed for more than half its life. This June performers will put on a musical version of the Scottish classic film, Restless co-writer and producer Andy Paterson said it was an obvious place for them to perform Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, said: "It's a wonderful building and I have been pleased to support the Leith Theatre team, and dream, in any ways that I could, since being elected in 2016."I predict there will be significant demand to perform on the stage - by musicians, actors and other various artists."
