Heather Peace

Clock design
This clock is titled 'Equality'. Hand drawn by the artist, the mid section has been cut out to reveal the well known symbolic rainbow colours which represent gay pride.

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Introduction to the artist
Born in Bradford, Heather is an accomplished actress, first appearing on stage in Harrogate in 1997 as Eliza Doolittle, and with a television career that has included Emmerdale, The Bill, London ’s Burning and, most recently, Waterloo Road . Heather is also a musician and a patron of Manchester Pride, the Diversity Role Models charity.

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Betty Naughton

Clock design
This clock depicts various stages of life – the landscape through time, the top figures of the time signatures (3, 6, 9, 12) represent the times of day and, of course, the piano keys speak for themselves.

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Introduction to the artist
A Yorkshire born artist, pianist, composer and teacher, Betty achieved her BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art as a mature student in her 60’s. Music is often an inspiration for her work and, when teaching, Betty encourages children to draw or paint pictures they can 'hear' in music and likewise interpret music they can 'see' in painting.

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Nick Robinson

Clock design
Artistic design is a surprising talent of Nick's as he created a 3D effect on this signed clock.

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Introduction to the artist
Nick is currently political editor at the BBC. He started blogging about politics for the BBC in 2001 when he was one of the earliest mainstream journalists in the UK to adopt the format.
He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire and attended University College, Oxford where he studied politics, philosophy and economics.

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Koko Raja

Clock design
"The inspiration behind this design is 'Life'. As shown in the tree in three stages. We should appreciate and make the most of every second in our lives And thats what motivated me to support hour leeds, an hour of my life spent doing something i am extremely proud of." Koko Raja

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Introduction to the artist
Koko is currently studying at Leeds College of Art.

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Christine Cheseldine

Clock design
This clock has been painted by the artist with images of meadow flowers.

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Introduction to the artist
Christine is currently studying at Leeds College of Art.

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Julian Lloyd Webber

Clock design
Using a piece of music from Elgar's Cello Concerto, Julian has decorated his clock with sheet music and signed the bottom. "On my sixteenth birthday my Godfather, the composer Herbert Howells, presented me with an inscribed score of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in which he had written: ‘From H.H. to whom E.E. said “It’s just an old man’s darling" Julian Lloyd Webber.

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Introduction to the artist
Julian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist and widely regarded as one the finest musicians of his generation, Julian enjoys one of the most creative and successful careers in classical music today.

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Sir Alan Ayckbourn, CBE

Clock design
Alan has used the title of one of his plays, Time of my life, to mark the hours and signed the centre.

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Introduction to the artist
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, CBE is a prolific English playwright. He has written and produced more than seventy full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967.

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Peter Robinson

Clock design
Peter has used well known time related phrases to create this colourful reflection of the campaign.

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Introduction to the artist
Dr. Peter Robinson is a Yorkshire born, Canadian crime writer. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. He has also published a number of other novels and short stories as well as some poems and two articles on writing.

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Raymond Blanc

Clock design
Raymond's French style clock has been signed in the centre and would look great in any kitchen or Bistro.

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Introduction to the artist
Raymond Blanc OBE is a French chef, born in Besançon, France. Today he is one of the Britain's most respected chefs. Blanc is the owner and chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the Good Food Guide. He is entirely self-taught and also has a restaurant in Leeds.

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Kai West

Clock design
This night time, dream like design features a dolphin and seal in the water.

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Introduction to the artist
Kai is an Editorial Officer for Leeds College of Art's Students' Union magazine.

James David Murphy

Clock design 

"The inspiration for my design came from my current work; producing illustrated t-shirt designs with a nautical theme.
To me, the sea is a place where time stops; a place for reflection and introspective thoughts and a stark reminder of the effort and energy needed in life.
The Hour Leeds campaign represents all of the above to me and it asks all of us to look to ourselves to offer help and not wait for others to do so first.
The design is intended to be simple and subtle. It was produced in my natural illustrative style using pigment ink and acrylic paint." James David Murphy 

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Introduction to the artist
James David Murphy is an illustrator based in Leeds. He works at Leeds College of Art and spends his time producing hand drawn images for band and event posters, screen-printed t-shirts and more.

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Peter Lorimer

Clock design
This clock is decorated with pictures of Peter during his football career and is signed by Peter.

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Introduction to the artist
Peter Lorimer is a former footballer who played for Leeds United during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a attacking midfielder, generally regarded as having one of the hardest shot in football. He is currently a director on the board at Leeds, and also provides commentary on Yorkshire Radio on occasions.

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Joanne Harris

Clock design
This swirling, colourful creation takes the viewer into a dreamy world.

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Introduction to the artist
Joanne Harris was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels; The Evil Seed (1989), Sleep, Pale Sister (1993) and Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.

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David Essex

Clock design
David Essex has designed this clock with well known time related phrases and signed the centre.

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Introduction to the artist
David Essex OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK, and sixteen Top 40 albums. He has also had an extensive career as an actor performing on stage and screen.

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Hilary Benn

Clock design
This clock is wrapped in a Hilary Benn campaign poster and has been signed by his father, The Rt Hon Tony Benn.

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Introduction to the artist
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since 1999. He served in the Cabinet as the Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 to 2007 and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2007 to 2010. Currently, Hilary is the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

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Ashley Jackson

Clock design
This is a beautiful hand drawn design of a Yorkshire cottage, complete with a swaying tree in the brisk Yorkshire breeze.

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Introduction to the artist
Ashley Jackson is a landscape watercolourist. Raised in Yorkshire he opened his first gallery in 1963. His art has been exhibited worldwide and he has been featured on many television programmes, including A Brush With Ashley which ran for nine series between 1990 - 2001.

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The Cast of The Syndicate

Clock design
The fantastic team at the Syndicate have created a 3D design signed by members of the cast.

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Introduction to the artist
The Syndicate is a British television drama series. It was written by Kay Mellor and is broadcast on BBC One. The first series concerns five supermarket workers who enter a lottery syndicate and win. The second series concerns another syndicate in a similar situation, this time workers at a public hospital in Bradford, Yorkshire. Each episode centres on a different character.

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Lynda Logan

Clock design
With its classic sunflower emblem and flower of hope, this is a W.I. alternative calendar inspired clock that would bring sunshine to any home.

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Introduction to the artist
One of the original Calendar Girls, Lynda was Miss July. Inspired by the death of Angela Baker's husband John Richard Baker, who died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1998, Lynda and Angela's other friends began to raise money, initially with the aim of purchasing a sofa for the visitors' lounge in the hospital where John was treated. To date they have raised over £3 million for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. The photos for the 2000 Alternative WI Calendar were taken by Terry Logan, Lynda's husband.

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