Nicky: A rag doll connects to Mexico
Fri 11th Apr '25, 5:00pm
Stories about how a lively blue Mexican rag doll links musician Nicky Bray with faraway places.
Home From Home 2025: Going Global Audio Archive
Oral histories about how objects connect people in our community of Seacroft, East Leeds with the places all around the world.
Home From Home: Seacroft Goes Global Stories
View allGlobal Connections from Young People
Fri 4th Apr '25, 6:00pm
Children from the Complete Woman group talk about their global connections.
Musa: A photo of a family home links to Sudan
Wed 19th Mar '25, 4:00pm
Stories about how a photograph of his relatives home in Sudan has travelled with Musa throughout his migration journey from East Africa to Leeds.
Helen: A bronze jug connects to a long ago penpal from Lille, France
Tue 11th Feb '25, 5:00pm
Stories about how a pair of enchanting objects keep alive memories of a friendship from Leeds' twin city.
Dokhi: Saffron connects to Iran
Sat 8th Feb '25, 1:00pm
Stories about how the magical spice saffron helps create links between generations from Iran to the UK.
Frank: Stories linking Leeds’ Global Twin Cities
Fri 7th Feb '25, 4:00pm
Starting with a baseball bat from Louisville, Kentucky, Frank Griffiths shares tales of his visits to Dortmund, Durban, Hangzhou and other of Leeds' global twin cities
Laura: A photography book connects to Paris
Fri 7th Feb '25, 3:00pm
Stories about how a book by French photographer Marc Riboud conjures up memories of a journey to Paris with her husband.
Mike: A koala doll connects to a youthful voyage to Australia
Tue 4th Feb '25, 5:00pm
Stories about how a well-worn koala stirs about recollections of a trip around the world.
Clarrie: A straw hat connects to the sea and shipwrecks
Sun 2nd Feb '25, 4:00pm
Stories about how a straw hat belonging to Clarrie's Aunt Florrie connects to a sense of adventure and the kind of community work she is doing in Seacroft today.
Phil: Rag art connects to First Nations culture in Canada
Sat 1st Feb '25, 1:00pm
Stories about how getting to know indigenous societies around Vancouver along the Pacific coast of Canada inspired Phil's original rag art creations and ways of seeing the world
Steve: A knitted hat connects to Durban, South Africa
Sat 1st Feb '25, 12:00pm
Stories about how a knitted orange hat connects Steve to his past in South Africa and a beloved grandmother.
Mally: A bear and a doll connect to Egypt, Malaysia, Cyprus
Sat 1st Feb '25, 11:00am
Stories about how Chilton the bear and Joan the doll have travelled the world with Mally to Egypt, Malaysia, Cyprus and many other countries.