The Red King may have only just hit our screens, but a second series is already at the top of writer Toby Whithouse’s to-do list. Well, nearly at the top, once he’s finished reviving Bergerac for UKTV. In a week where it was confirmed that iconic ITV detective, Vera will be hanging up her hat …
Ice hockey trophies thought to be long lost will be the star attraction at a new exhibition spotlighting the story of Durham Ice Rink. A collection of shining symbols of the successes once enjoyed by the teams which called the arena home have spent the past 15 years or so in someone’s garage. But a …
The past few weeks have seen the puffins settling back into their Farne Island burrows off the Northumberland coast as they prepare for breeding season. Photographer Wil Cheung was eager to set foot back on Inner Farne after bird flu forced two years of having to capture its wonderful wildlife from the water. “It’s been …
Northumberland is no stranger to offering a dramatic and stunning backdrop to big-hitting feature films and TV winners over the years. Robin Hood, Elizabeth, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, the first series of Blackadder, Transformers – The Last Knight, various tellings of Macbeth, Beowulf and — of course — Vera being some of the best known …
For a good few years in the 2010s, the sight of a massive tent plonked between The Sage (as it was then, Glasshouse pedants) and Baltic meant one thing… lots and lots of laughs. The Jesterval comedy festival, which usually ran for around 10 days, brought a steady stream of top drawer stand ups to …
I’ve got to be honest, I decided to pull together a big list of North East music festivals a couple of weeks back. When I was enjoying a coffee on a park bench. That precious seven-minute window of sunshine on my face (which I think gets me up to a total of 11 minutes so …
Danny Boyle seeks North East extras for major new film Oscar and BAFTA-winning director, Danny Boyle has chosen Northumberland as the backdrop for his latest film… and he wants an army of locals to be in it. The film-maker behind legendary movies like Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionnaire and 127 Hours will begin shooting in the region …
As someone who went from seven to 12 during The Tube’s five series (1982-87), it’s fair to say that the Green Room snacks and electric typewriters in the production office of the Newcastle-based groundbreaking music show often offered more excitement than an extended set by Tina Turner, Paul McCartney or Iggy Pop. So while I …
Born in Sunderland and raised in Easington during the 1980s, Paul vividly remembers walking past the picket lines every day on his way to school. The same picket line was captured in the iconic photographs by Keith Pattison who documented the Miners’ Strike. Seeing Keith’s photographs years later inspired Paul to become a documentary photographer. …
You’ll notice there’s a distinct and tuneful theme to this week’s feature. Adam Kennedy is an internationally-published music photographer and writer from Houghton-le-Spring. Now living in Newcastle – where he is currently one of the in-house photographers at the 02 City Hall – if you’ve been at a North East gig over the past decade …
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