And so it begins… a story which transports a group of school friends from the stressful grind of A level revision into a whirl of mystery and mythology. It’s the second adaptation of David Almond’s novel A Song for Ella Grey to open at Northern Stage and easily the most ambitious. The first, with a …
The winter of 1962-63 is remembered as the ‘big freeze’, one of the coldest on record. In some parts of the country snow lay metres high, bringing things to a grinding halt. In Hartlepool, recording the worst unemployment figures in the country, hardship was piled on hardship. William Gray & Co. had recently closed its …
David Almond and Julia Green have lived on their quiet Tynemouth street since November 2022 and if ever a place could be called a house of stories it’s surely theirs. Bookending the upstairs landing are studies — one each, with desk, writerly paraphernalia and personal flourishes. Julia’s has a bookcase with David’s published titles and …
Railway sleepers from the River Tyne and jay feathers found in Northumberland can become art materials as potent as paint or pastel in the right hands. This much is clear in the second exhibition curated by Jed Buttress at Newcastle Arts Centre as part of a project called Brass Tacks. The first, in September, was …
The North Shields Cultural Quarter was launched with songs, dance and speeches and an insistence this was something for the long term. North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) has invested in three culture and creative zones — the others are in Newcastle and Berwick — with funding until 2027. NTCA elected mayor Jamie Driscoll has …
Outside the North Shields pub on a grey morning, Earl John Charlton is waiting — short-sleeves, cold beer close by. You’d bet confidently on the snow which will soon fall (not thickly, but snow is snow). “Honestly, you get used to it,” laughs Earl as we go inside and I head for the fire. “You …
For anyone running a charity, an unexpected windfall might sound like the kind of problem you dream of. “It’s a nice problem to have,” admits Jim Knight, one of the handful of trustees of Brave Hearts of the North East. “We’re all a bit shellshocked by the amount… but in a nice way.” The charity …
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