July 19th …. and before we think about anything else, a quick look at what has previously happened on this day in history: 1333 At the Battle of Halidon Hill, the English won a decisive victory against the Scots 1545 The Mary Rose sank off Portsmouth. The wreck was salvaged in 1992. 1553 The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey …
For many years I’ve marvelled at the athletic achievements of friends and colleagues and barely a day goes by when my social media feeds aren’t full to bursting with pictures of race numbers, medals and triumphantly sweaty torsos. Most summers one of my mates poses proudly with large fish he’s caught in some remote Balkan …
Here’s an idea for tackling the energy crisis – find a way to connect balletLORENT to the grid. My goodness! On the evidence of this latest presentation, which leaves its dancers panting on the floor, it could power homes from, I’d guess, Heddon-on-the-Wall to Newcastle city centre. At least the dancers could take their clothes …
It’s nice to see a good set and you get that at the People’s, even if it isn’t quite what you see in the promotional photos which were taken at the wonderful Tanfield Railway. Prominent on stage is the bridge over the rural branch line where Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis, the children of E Nesbit’s …
‘Remember the name.’ It’s an intro nobody will ever let me forget. And as an example of risqué sub-editing at its most dangerous and damaging, it represents a precarious lesson for the ages. But what was the story behind the most embarrassing — or some would say boastful — opening line of my sports journalism …
The Project A graduates of 2024 bow out with a disturbing exploration of what it means to disappear – or be ‘disappeared’, as can happen to those who have no say in the matter. Fin Kennedy’s award-winning play of 2005 is based on a book of the same name by Doug Richmond that was published …
12th July .… and a quick look at what has previously happened on this day in history …. 1191 Saladin’s garrison surrendered to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre 1543 King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. 1776 Captain James Cook began his third (and, sadly, final) voyage 1806 Bavaria, Baden Wurttemberg and …
What a gig to begin Durham’s annual celebration of brass! The splendour of the cathedral; contrasting musical moments of storm and tranquillity; the end of a momentous week. “I’ve been asked not to be too political,” said Ross Forbes of the Durham Miners’ Association at the microphone… but there was a massive cheer. A festival …
There aren’t many things that could unite my family around the TV these days without the additional lure of hot food. If England can find a midfield in the next fortnight and make it through to the final of the Euros then that might have an outside chance. At a stretch a Mars landing could …
Eliot Smith Dance (ESD) is on the road with a programme that illustrates what the company is all about and under a title that does likewise. The past is represented by the first of the programme’s contrasting works, a revival of Duet, a 1964 creation by American choreographer Paul Taylor. It’s not the first work …
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