Around 40 Labour supporters have gathered in Hexham on a dampish Sunday — just three days after their local election triumph. No bank holiday weekend off for these doorstep canvassers — there’s still much work to do. An ordinary looking chap strolls up accompanied by another ordinary looking chap. One is Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, …
Poetry and healthcare — not an obvious alliance but one that has propelled a North East poet towards a new communications role with independent charity Healthwatch. Lewis Brown has been writing and performing poetry since his university days, appearing at festivals across the UK and overseas, including the Edinburgh Fringe and slams in the United …
As the Premier League season draws to a close, Newcastle United are battling at the top end of the table, hoping to secure a European qualification place. Since the Saudi-led takeover of the club in late 2021, the black-and-white army’s fortunes have been transformed. Opportunity, ambition and momentum exist. Cities thrive when they’re winning. I …
Fans of Northern Chords might be wondering what has happened to the chamber music festival which has been part of the region’s musical calendar since 2009. Well, there is to be no festival this year but Jonathan Bloxham, its founder and driving force, promises: “We will be back with a vengeance in 2025!” That Northern …
Five days. Ninety shows. Two hundred and fifty performances. A pretty impressive set of numbers coming out of the recent launch of the Durham Fringe Festival 2024. Taking place from July 24-28, the return of the burgeoning event has added another two venues to the mix, meaning proceedings will be taking place across eight stages …
A new exhibition exploring grief and the enduring bonds between loved ones when someone dies will open in Newcastle this week. Portraits with Purpose: Continuing Bonds is the result of a special collaboration between St Oswald’s Hospice in Newcastle, and artist Leanne Pearce. Working with bereaved and pre-bereaved families who have accessed the hospice’s support …
It’s been quite a week. The first North East Mayor has already chaired her first meeting of the new combined authority. Kim McGuinness was one of 10 Labour mayors elected last week. Further south, Ben Houchen gave the Conservatives their only success when he comfortably held on to his position in the Tees Valley for …
Rebecca Ball, the Chief Executive of Sunderland Culture, has been appointed Arts Council England’s new Area Director for the North. She will take over from Sarah Maxfield who is stepping down in May following nearly 15 years with the organisation. The Arts Council’s North area covers the regions of the North East, Yorkshire and the …
Robert McManners found himself getting annoyed, having made the trip to witness the death throes of the Dean and Chapter Colliery in Ferryhill, where he’d grown up amid the landmarks of coal mining. It was 1968 and he’d taken a day off university where he was studying medicine. A hobby painter, he’d gone with oil …
Approaching Tyneside while driving north at night from the south, a fiery flare would appear in the distant darkness. Looking like a giant Olympic torch, it was a sign that home was within reach after a long journey. This was the flaming stack of Monkton Coke Works, on the edge of Hebburn in South Tyneside, …
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