The Week Ahead with The Yorkshire Post

The Week Ahead with The Yorkshire Post features writer John Blow.

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00:00 Hi there, it's John Blow from the Yorkshire Post Features team. I'm going to be taking

00:03 you through some of the things coming up in the week ahead. First of all, Stormzy, Little

00:07 Sims, Georgia Smith and Dojo Cat are all nominees at the 26th Annual Mobile Awards, which takes

00:13 place in Sheffield on Wednesday. The celebration of music and culture of black origins is expected

00:19 to be a star-studded night and comes after the awards were hosted in Leeds in 2017. Elsewhere,

00:26 the nocturnal beauty of the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks will be

00:29 on show as the Dark Skies Festival returns for 2024. Art experiences, simulated spacewalks

00:36 and a recently opened constellation trail will all be part of this year's event, which

00:41 takes place between Friday this week and Sunday, February 25th. Whitby Steampunk Weekend gets

00:48 started later this week. The event takes place at Whitby Pavilion on Saturday and Sunday.

00:53 First established in 2017, the event is now considered one of the biggest such events

00:58 in the country for steampunks, who dress in a style inspired by Victorian-era industrialism.