Join the erudite and engaging Jeab Prapunwong on a long-imagined journey through Thai cuisine and within minutes it feels as if you’ve been transported to a far-flung corner of the Far East, where nuanced spices jostle for position with marinated meat and sumptuous seafood, in delicious dishes honed for hundreds of years. The proud owner …
Los Angeles-based author Kathryn Scanlan is the winner of the £10,000 Gordon Burn Prize for Kick the Latch, her novel set in the world of American racehorse training. The announcement was made at Northern Stage, in Newcastle, by journalist, author and screenwriter Terri White, chair of the judges. Kick the Latch, published in January 2023 …
The Bear tells the story of a revered and award winning chef, Carmen Berzatto Jeremy Allen White), who returns to his home town of Chicago to run a sandwich shop left to him after the suicide of his addict brother Mikey. The kitchen Carmen inherits is being run in a perpetual state of chaos and …
Let’s call it an unfortunate case of mistaken identity. A communication breakdown. A rapid escalation of events that could have been avoided if I’d just kept my mouth shut. But then I’m a journalist. I like to write… but I love to talk. It was the summer of 2015 and I’d been commissioned to carry …
In the week of International Women’s Day (it’s Friday, March 8) comes a salutary – and, I have to say, enjoyable – reminder of the oceans of gloopy nonsense women have had to wade through over the years. Enjoyable because it comes in the form of a sparkling People’s Theatre production of Jessica Swale’s first …
Mark Knopfler enjoyed an emotional return to Newcastle at the weekend as he offered a capacity crowd at St James’ Park an exclusive preview of a new recording of the anthem, which signals the start of every home game for Newcastle United. More than 50,000 fans were encouraged to pre-order Going Home (Theme from Local …
Welcome all to our Friday quiz question… But first, to March 8 in years gone by. On this day in… 1702 Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland … and now appears in today’s puzzle (below) 1844 Oscar I ascended to the thrones of Norway and Sweden 1910 French aviator …
Memorabilia from a late North East music manager, who played a key part in a band which has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, drew interest from fans across the globe. Phillip Hepple, who was tour manager and sound engineer for prog rockers Yes in the 1970s, amassed a unique personal collection. And the …
Rumour has it that The Glasshouse bosses were nervous nobody would turn up, having programmed an entire weekend of music by a cultish but heavy-going Austrian country boy born 200 years ago. Forget the nerves – the Big Bruckner Weekend pulled in packed houses drawn by the unique opportunity to hear the composer’s final three …
In the Summer of 2017 Ellis Short, chairman of newly relegated Sunderland football club, agreed to allow production company Fulwell 73 (named in homage to the club via the road next to its former Roker Park ground) extensive behind the scenes access to the team’s push for promotion straight back into the Premier League. Short …
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