David Parkin on Soviet-style rewriting history, army manoeuvres and board meeting horror shows

AT the recent Eve of Tour de France dinner hosted by Welcome to Yorkshire and Leeds City Council, guests leaving the first direct arena in Leeds were given a goody bag.

And rather than full of the usual flyers and 10% off vouchers for hairdos, it contained quite an interesting book which I decided to delve into during a sleepless night earlier this week.

How Leeds Changed the World pitches itself as 'Encyclopaedia Leeds', a compendium of remarkable facts about the city.

Throughout 240 pages it promises to illumina... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...