Nothing says I love you like one of the region’s favourite delicacies and it’s surely no coincidence that Valentine’s Day falls within National Stottie Cake Week. So we enlisted the help of one of one of our favourite cartoonists — and creative all-rounder — Alfie Joey to sum up this most natural happenstance. Alfie is …
Originally called The Baltics, Shay Bagnall, Guy Robson and Adam Marshall got together as teenagers in 2019 – changing their name to Bear Park a couple of years back. A debut EP in 2021 and a steady stream of live dates around the North East caught the attention of The Libertines’ drummer, Gary Powell. The …
After the premiere screenings of Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son (cert. 15) prompted standing ovations at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, more have been scheduled. It always seemed odd that such an important documentary should be a one day wonder in a city where it ought to be seen by as many people as possible. But …
Welcome all to this wet and windy February 9… and to the first of our weekly QT quizzes. But first, to the 9th of February in years gone by. On this day… 1539: The first recorded horse race was held on Chester Racecourse, known as ‘The Roodee’ 1825: After no candidate received a majority of …
Mark Knopfler has always been someone who has done more than his bit for causes he cares about. But the former Dire Straits frontman is outdoing himself in 2024. It might only be February, but the 74-year-old has already raised upwards of £2m for charities selected to benefit from last week’s sale of more than …
And so it begins… a story which transports a group of school friends from the stressful grind of A level revision into a whirl of mystery and mythology. It’s the second adaptation of David Almond’s novel A Song for Ella Grey to open at Northern Stage and easily the most ambitious. The first, with a …
First, the most important thing to note about this wonderful production is that it ends its run at Newcastle Theatre Royal on Saturday (Feb 10) so you if you want to see it in all its glory you need to be quick. If you’re lucky enough to get a ticket to Scottish Ballet‘s Cinders! you’ll …
Shrek the movie was released in 2001 and was an instant sensation. Its animation, writing and humour were all highly praised and the film firmly established Dreamworks as a serious rival to Pixar in the new age of computer animation. The film tells the story of Shrek, an ogre whose life of contented solitude is …
Night Country is the fourth season of True Detective, with each telling a separate, self-contained and usually disturbing story. The enduring success and popularity of the series is largely down to two things; the consistently high quality of the casting and the spectacular virtuosity of the first series, which saw Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson …
They say ‘never meet your heroes’. In truth, I’m not sure who says that or who ‘they’ really are? I’ve always loved meeting my heroes and intend to meet many, many more. Maybe a more appropriate nugget of advice would be ‘always meet your heroes — just limit your expectations’. It’s served me well down …
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