Nobody could have been more delighted than Jim Donnelly to win this year’s Northumberland Open exhibition — the first photographer to do so and at the first time of entering. He received his prize in front of a large preview audience in Woodhorn Museum’s Workshop Galleries. Rowan Brown, chief executive of Museums Northumberland, called it …
Nine cultural attractions on Tyneside have been recognised as Museums of Sanctuary. All managed by Tyne and Wear Museums and Archives, the venues which have been given the prestigious status by charity, City of Sanctuary UK, include museums, art galleries, Roman forts and a heritage railway. Presented to organisations that go above and beyond the …
There are five of us round the table — two writers, two singers and me — but there’s an unseen presence, the songwriter whose achievements are to be remembered in a new touring show. Eric Boswell was the quiet maestro who gave us Little Donkey, a Christmas staple that many assume has been around since …
With Earth in the path of a celestial cue-ball approaching with Ronnie O’Sullivan style velocity, and the apocalypse therefore seemingly assured, what would you do? “Rush out and buy all the toilet paper I can find,” quipped one wag on Twitter (formerly X) recently. Having asked herself the question, Newcastle playwright Alison Carr came up …
Time once again to lift a banner to the Pitmen Painters whose inspiring and heartwarming story now spans nine decades. Ashington Group 90 is a year-long programme marking the 90th anniversary of the coming together of this group of working men who met in a former army hut near some allotments and became an art …
Eight artists have been shortlisted for the third North East Emerging Artist Award and invited to put their proposals before the public at Seaton Delaval Hall. Three of them will get to realise their proposals, either inside or outside the National Trust property, for display in the spring of 2025. Which of the eight are …
We’re smack in the middle of National Stottie Cake Week, February 12 to 18, as I write this. It’s also Shrove Tuesday – or pancake day – so quite a moment for comfort food. It’s also quite a moment for Andy Haddon, driving force behind Newcastle’s Big River Bakery and this special week for a …
An exciting prospect has emerged for theatre audiences – anyone who likes a laughter-filled night out, in fact – and especially North East actresses who fancy a long tour in a home-grown hit show. That was the prospect laid out at the Theatre Royal by chief executive Marianne Locatori, top commercial producer David Pugh and …
Julie Hesmondhalgh – and the name, she advises, is pronounced ‘Hesmondhalsh’ – was stopped in her tracks recently. Somebody asked her about Coronation Street. The actress appeared in the ITV soap opera for 16 years, playing Hayley Cropper, the first transgender character in any British ‘soap’. So despite having bade farewell to the role a …
After the premiere screenings of Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son (cert. 15) prompted standing ovations at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, more have been scheduled. It always seemed odd that such an important documentary should be a one day wonder in a city where it ought to be seen by as many people as possible. But …
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