In 1995, as Alan Hull focused on putting the finishing touches to critically acclaimed solo album Statues and Liberties, he could hardly have imagined it would be his final set of politically charged folk songs. Tragically, the Lindisfarne frontman passed away before the record was released and co-producer Dave Hull-Denholm has always wanted to revisit …
“Bella Reay, born in Cowpen, centre forward for Blyth Spartans Ladies (1917-1919) and England… scored 133 goals in one season and was part of the team which went on to win the Munitionettes’ Cup in May 1918.” With that phenomenal tally, you do wonder whether defence existed as a footballing concept a century ago. But …
Martin Green, Sheffield-born composer and celebrated folk musician, well remembers his brass band “epiphany”… the start of a journey that will bring him back to Tyneside in May. It came after he’d moved to Pathhead, a village south of Edinburgh not far from the National Mining Museum Scotland. “They had a brass festival and I …
If it’s true that a picture paints a thousand words, then an upcoming photographic exhibition in Northumberland looks set to get its message across in loud, clear and eye-catching fashion. My Northumberland has been organised by environmental action group, What A Wonderful World (WaWW) and aims to celebrate the beauty of its eponymous county while …
New investment secured for Sunderland music project Sunderland Music Arts and Culture (MAC) Trust, the organisation behind The Fire Station, has secured £337,500 of funding for new project Sunderland Music City. The project, which will be delivered alongside a number of local partners, aims to raise the profile of the city’s culture offering, with a …
If you were one of the tens of thousands of fans who flocked to St James Park in the heady days of Keegan, Shearer, Tino and Darren Peacock, then you may well be the star of a new photo collection. Lower Block specialise in publishing books, photo zines and prints that aim to celebrate football …
Got your Easter holidays all planned and sorted? Me neither. Hence, I thought it might be useful if The QT rounded up a tasty selection of stuff which is happening over the bank holiday weekend and beyond. Not much more to say, really. Let’s get cracking*. *This will be the only egg-related pun you’ll find …
When James Lowther, head of visual arts for The Maltings (Berwick) Trust, visited Matilda Bevan’s studio near Hexham, Northumberland, he asked which artists had influenced her. Immediately she mentioned Thomas Hennell so plans were laid for an exhibition in Berwick’s Granary Gallery that would include his work and her artistic responses to it. There could …
A new play called Underdog: The Other Other Brontë has just opened at the National Theatre but there’s good reason in the North East for looking out for the reviews when they start appearing in the coming days (press night in London is April 4). It’s a co-production between the National Theatre and Northern Stage …
The fifth Newcastle Puppetry Festival will get off to a flying start on Saturday (March 30) — weather permitting — with a City of Kittiwakes Parade along Northumberland Street. What should be a terrific spectacle starts at 2pm — but the work began long before that with around 250 local residents taking part in a …
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