The solar system will be recreated along the North Tyneside coast next month (March) … at a scale of 1:1 billion. The North Tyneside Solar Trail will see a series of scale models of the planets installed along an almost 6km stretch between Tynemouth and Whitley Bay. And if you’re trying to wrap your head …
There are five of us round the table — two writers, two singers and me — but there’s an unseen presence, the songwriter whose achievements are to be remembered in a new touring show. Eric Boswell was the quiet maestro who gave us Little Donkey, a Christmas staple that many assume has been around since …
Anton Bruckner’s music has never been used to advertise after shave or motor oil or even soap. Nor has it appeared in the opening credits of a weepy movie or sci-fi spectacular. Maybe that’s the real reason for its intimidating reputation with concertgoers. The late 19th Century Austrian composer wrote nine symphonies each clocking up …
Time once again to lift a banner to the Pitmen Painters whose inspiring and heartwarming story now spans nine decades. Ashington Group 90 is a year-long programme marking the 90th anniversary of the coming together of this group of working men who met in a former army hut near some allotments and became an art …
Folk luminary, Rachel Unthank is set to make her theatrical debut in a new musical, which will get its first outing on South Tyneside next month. Featuring songs from the Great American Songbook, The Audition will be unveiled at The Customs House, South Shields, introducing audiences to five leading ladies all competing to get top …
Eight artists have been shortlisted for the third North East Emerging Artist Award and invited to put their proposals before the public at Seaton Delaval Hall. Three of them will get to realise their proposals, either inside or outside the National Trust property, for display in the spring of 2025. Which of the eight are …
An exciting prospect has emerged for theatre audiences – anyone who likes a laughter-filled night out, in fact – and especially North East actresses who fancy a long tour in a home-grown hit show. That was the prospect laid out at the Theatre Royal by chief executive Marianne Locatori, top commercial producer David Pugh and …
The shipyards of the North East were a vital front line in the First World War as they battled to replace the heavy losses caused by U-boats of vessels carrying crucial supplies. But with so many shipyard workers fighting in the armed forces, women stepped forward to fill the gaps and tackle the many jobs …
Julie Hesmondhalgh – and the name, she advises, is pronounced ‘Hesmondhalsh’ – was stopped in her tracks recently. Somebody asked her about Coronation Street. The actress appeared in the ITV soap opera for 16 years, playing Hayley Cropper, the first transgender character in any British ‘soap’. So despite having bade farewell to the role 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 …
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