# Stories to make you smile from across Yorkshire

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/stories-to-make-you-smile-from-across-yorkshire-6/
- Published: 2026-10-25T07:27:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T08:08:06+00:00
- Original publisher: feeds.bbci.co.uk (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvwy7194dgkwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Art, Culture, Sheffield, UK, World

## Key points

- A gig artist sketches from inside mosh pits.
- A transplant survivor joined NHS patient transport.
- The Cribs and a restored railway feature in the round-up.

## Summary

A Yorkshire round-up highlights five uplifting stories: an artist who sketches live from mosh pits, an NHS worker inspired by his recovery from leukaemia, and an exhibition of David Hockney’s work in Bradford. It also features a hometown concert announced by The Cribs and the reopening of a section of railway in East Yorkshire.

The 22-year-old artist Sam Joesbury, from York, began drawing at gigs last year and now shares his work with thousands online. Ashley Gray, 60, joined non-emergency patient transport after a stem cell transplant in 2023; Hockney helped approve works for the free exhibition before his death, and it runs until October 2029. The Cribs will headline a Wakefield show in August 2027, while volunteers have restored part of a railway line closed to passengers since 1950.

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