Politics is writ large at this year’s Hexham Book Festival as the popular literary event returns to its springtime slot for 2024. A busy 10 days will see 55 events taking place across the Northumberland market town, including in conversation gatherings, film screenings, writing workshops and book group events. The Queen’s Hall Arts Centre and …
Johnny Flynn — film, theatre, TV actor, composer and highly acclaimed musician — is to play at the Allen Valleys’ Folk Festival later this year. It’s an astonishing coup for the festival, which has been running for eleven years, and is based in the south Northumberland village of Allendale. His visit will be a poignant …
A big night is coming up at The Glasshouse for RNS Moves, the inclusive ensemble for disabled and non-disabled orchestral musicians. Joining them in the smaller of the two concert halls will be much feted rising star Héloïse Werner (Paris-born, London-based) who is both soprano and composer. Recently appointed an associate artist of London’s Wigmore …
There are many ways of documenting motherhood and while Katie Cuddon’s might not be the most conventional, it’s via a medium she understands and has loved since she was a child. She still treasures the clay animals she made in primary school, early signs of an artistic calling. Now here she is in the Hatton …
Tyneside Cinema, a much-loved North East cultural institution that in recent years has been too much in the news for the wrong reasons, has a new boss. Nicola ‘Nic’ Greenan took up her post as chief executive officer on February 12, ending a long period in which interim management has had to deal with a …
The opening date for a new attraction tracing County Durham’s heritage has been confirmed for early summer. Based at the Grade II listed Mount Oswald manor house in Durham City, The Story will offer a new home to five historic collections, which are being brought together for the first time. More than 15,000 objects and …
Tickets are on sale for two concerts at The Glasshouse in Gateshead which highlight jazz as a broad church and point the way to a more sustainable form of music touring. They also reflect the venue’s full title, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music. The first concert, on May 22, will feature German saxophonist Daniel …
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 …
The untold stories of Newcastle’s drag scene is one of six North East projects awarded grants under a scheme which seeks to celebrate the region’s diverse local heritage. The ventures chosen by Historic England as part of its Everyday Heritage programme to explore working class history have collectively been awarded more than £80,000 to dig …
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