A building on the corner of York Road and School Street – formerly occupied by Blockbusters but recently converted into a Post Office and General Store – is on the market again.
Offers of over £99,950 are being invited through Ernest Wilson (tel. 0113 238 2900 Ref: 556919)
The store currently only opens 46 hours a week closing at 12:30pm on Saturdays. The Post Office remuneration is claimed to be around £55,000 pa.
YorNight in partnership with Explore York, will be hosting a special event, ‘In Conversation with Bettany Hughes’ at York Explore Library.
Bettany’s talk, ‘Making History Happen’ will explore her career as a prominent historian and reveal her passion for getting academic ideas – in particular those relating to history – on to the screen, airwaves and online to the widest possible audience.
Dr Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, whose speciality is ancient and mediaeval history and culture.
Her first book “Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore” has been translated into ten languages.
Her second,” The Hemlock Cup, Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life” was a New York Times bestseller and she has written and presented numerous documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, The History Channel, National Geographic and ITV.
Her programmes have now been seen by over 100 million worldwide. Her current TV series “Genius of the Ancient World”, explores the lives of Buddha, Socrates and Confucius and promotes the power of thinking, learning and investigating.
This is a free talk, but tickets are required. They are available from :http://inconversationwithbettanyhughes.eventbrite.co.uk
For one night in September, researchers will take over the city, to show the value and impact that research has on our daily lives.
Join us for an exciting evening of free hands-on activities, talks, exhibitions, interactive displays and experiments that will open your eyes to the wonders of this world of innovation and exploration.
York Explore will be hosting a vast array of interactive, hands on & practical activities animating the whole building & spaces for YorNight including gaming & tech zone, history zone, researcher’s cafe & book zone.
Activities include:
See how reseaerchers use games such as League of Legends and Lords of War to learn more about people and how they create exciting new game design.
Developing Brain Computer Interface Devices for Games and Events & participating in Cybathlon 2016, the world’s first championships for Robotic and Technology assisted paralysed athletes,
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