The QT

Monday 18 November 2024
18/11/2024

Author name: Simon Rushworth

Wear backing city’s movie ambition

The driving forces behind hit Netflix show Sunderland ‘Til I Die have renewed calls for the investment the North East requires to become an international movie hub. Plans were submitted in November to develop state-of-the-art film studios on the site of the Crown Works, in Pallion, on the banks of the Wear. And Fulwell 73, …

How the North East is motoring ahead

He’s the driving force behind the largest automotive cluster in the UK and a long-time champion for accelerating growth and investment across the North East. Paul Butler, CEO of the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA), continues to play an integral role in positioning the region as the location of choice for automotive investment in Europe …

How to drive Kevin Keegan Batty

They say ‘never meet your heroes’. In truth, I’m not sure who says that or who ‘they’ really are? I’ve always loved meeting my heroes and intend to meet many, many more. Maybe a more appropriate nugget of advice would be ‘always meet your heroes — just limit your expectations’. It’s served me well down …

Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor reborn

As Simon Le Bon prepared to accept the greatest honour in Duran Duran’s storied career, in front of a 12,000-strong live audience and millions more across the globe, he didn’t look like a man overcome by joy. Overwhelmed by emotion, maybe. Where there should have been a beaming smile and an aura of blissful pride, …

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