While it could be argued that one anniversary is no more special than another, there is something about those markers which end in zeros. And fives once you get past 20. 2024 marks 10 years since Summer Streets – an annual music, arts and community festival – introduced itself to Sunderland. Free to everyone, the …
After a two-year hiatus, the gardens at Cheeseburn in Northumberland are reopening to the public for two summer weekends under the name Cheeseburn Art. The gardens, situated in the grounds of Cheeseburn Grange, between Westerhope and Stamfordham, first opened as a sculpture park in 2014 and were a popular draw for eight years. Even in …
Bringing music and dance to the Fish Quay Fishermen will be sharing North Shields Fish Quay with a troupe of contemporary dancers and musicians for a couple of weeks this summer. Anthony Lo-Giudiceโs Ghosts of England will offer a taster of a bigger touring project in 2025 that will tour nationally and internationally before returning …
A route into writing has been secured by 16 people chosen for the latest round of A Writing Chance, the programme championed by actor Michael Sheen. The pioneering programme was co-founded in 2021 by Sheen along with Newcastle-based New Writing North, Northumbria University and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Supporting writers from working class and under-represented …
After six weeks of election mud/milkshake-slinging and fear-mongering โ and the odd policy of course โ I think everyone can all agree that when July arrives, weโll be more than ready for some laughs. Step forward Laurels Theatre, which has announced a month-long โcelebration of comedyโ in the form of the Whitley Bay Comedy Festival. …
Tackling the โshocking and completely unacceptable levelโ of child poverty across the North East must be a top priority for the incoming government. Thatโs the verdict of a leading campaigner for health equity after a damning report laid bare a crisis affecting families across the region. Hannah Davies, Executive Director of Health Equity North, who …
When is a safety valve not a safety valve? When it applies to vulnerable young people in need of most support it would seem. In public sector language they are called SENDs โ children with special needs and disabilities. They need, and deserve, support to help them with their education and life chances. Councils have …
Labour of Love is the title Christy Burdock has chosen for the exhibition that concludes her residency at Highgreen, the Northumberland estate where occasional windswept walkers on the Pennine Way is the nearest youโll get to a crowd. You really will believe itโs been a labour of love. It has generated so much art! Ahead …
Iโve had the happy privilege of eating at Restaurant Hjem in Wall, Northumberland on a number of occasions in recent years, and every time has been an absolute delight. So when I found out they were setting up shop within five minutes of my home in Newcastle, it would have been nothing short of rude …
I have had the privilege of representing Newcastle and the North East at hundreds of national and international events over the years and Iโm often asked what the benefits are for cities and regions to be funding this kind of activity. The first thing that comes to mind for me is our Invest Newcastle Investor …
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