“It sounds a bit pretentious but I do lose track,” says the storytelling powerhouse that is Alexander McCall Smith, apologising for the latest benign tsunami of tales he is unleashing upon us. Bit of an exaggeration, probably, but he does rather spoil his fans. “I’ve got a new Ramotswe coming out, I’ve got a new …
COMMUNITIES HELD BACK: If the country’s former mining communities were brought together they would form the most deprived region in the UK, according to a new report published this week. The State of the Coalfields 2024 report said that 40 years after the Miners’ Strike began people living in former mining communities face lower pay …
Three quarters of a million drinks cups are expected to be used at this year’s Wimbledon — all supplied and washed by a North East firm. Event Cup Solutions, based at Middlesbrough’s Skippers Lane Industrial Estate, already has deals with Premier League giants, major sport and music venues, and outdoor music festivals. But landing the …
I’ve got to be honest, I decided to pull together a big list of North East music festivals a couple of weeks back. When I was enjoying a coffee on a park bench. That precious seven-minute window of sunshine on my face (which I think gets me up to a total of 11 minutes so …
With longer days in prospect and clement weather surely on its way, National Trust properties in the North East are opening for the season like the crocuses and daffodils (although at Wallington this year, the former were reportedly three weeks early). Cherryburn, birthplace of wood engraver Thomas Bewick, is the next to open, on March …
A trio of North East writers can be found at the centre of Live Theatre’s 2024-25 season. The Bounds, a co-production with the Royal Court by Northumberland writer Stewart Pringle; the first stage adaptation of cult horror film Saint Maud by Sunderland writer Jessica Andrews; and Middlesbrough writer Ishy Din’s Champion about Muhammad Ali’s historic …
GIGAFACTORY TALKS: Administrators EY said they have held discussions with other potential buyers of the gigafactory site in Cambois, Northumberland, where Britishvolt planned to build. The nearly £4 billion plant had been promised around £100 million of Government grants if it could reach certain milestones, but it collapsed at the start of last year. After …
On the day, my book, How To Build Your Own Record Pressing Plant: The True Story of Press On Vinyl was published last November, I found myself sitting in the Teesside vinyl record factory’s boardroom looking across the TeesAMP Business Park as dusk settled over Middlesbrough’s less famous – but equally iconic – Newport Bridge. …
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