Farmer Dave Wilde — trusty border collie, Joe, zigzagging at his heels — strides towards his flock of grazing sheep, and surveys the scene from the top of the hill: “I’ve found my perfect job,” he says with a broad smile. Welcome to the field of dreams — New Warlands Farm, near Burnopfield, in County …
The old French proverb ‘the more things change, the more they remain the same’ can be applied to many things, particularly in the world of politics — but seldom does it ring more true than in the case of the North-South divide. Over the course of the last 30 years, governments of various persuasions have …
If you live in, or visit, the picturesque Northumberland market town of Hexham you’ll know exactly what this means — ‘thank goodness it’s nearly over’. Town centre roadworks — or to use county council speak: The Hexham Public Realm Improvement Scheme — have dragged on for nearly 10 months. According to some furious traders, if …
It’s an enduring misconception that most tech entrepreneurs achieve success because they’re either lucky, born into privilege or are even privy to some secret sauce that the rest of us just don’t know about! Mitch doesn’t subscribe to any of that. Rather Mitch is a “normal lad”, as he describes, “who works hard and solves …
Two new Tyneside hotels are now open for business – but it will be several weeks before they expect to welcome their first guests. The ‘hotels’ have been erected on top of the towers at the Gateshead side of the Tyne Bridge. It is hoped they will provide nesting ledges for kittiwakes when they return …
Walks along the beach galvanised Jackie Sewell into making it her business to launch a war on waste. Jackie, who had run her own interior design business for 30 years, found herself picking up rubbish — especially plastics — while walking the dog on beaches near her home in Tynemouth. She says:” It showed me …
In the North East, we obsess over government spending, especially with power coming to the new Mayor. And we trumpet new investment by businesses, tracking data for any bright spots of prosperity. But what role should philanthropy play? This would already be a very different place if not for giving of money, time and expertise. …
Tickets are on sale for two concerts at The Glasshouse in Gateshead which highlight jazz as a broad church and point the way to a more sustainable form of music touring. They also reflect the venue’s full title, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music. The first concert, on May 22, will feature German saxophonist Daniel …
Nine cultural attractions on Tyneside have been recognised as Museums of Sanctuary. All managed by Tyne and Wear Museums and Archives, the venues which have been given the prestigious status by charity, City of Sanctuary UK, include museums, art galleries, Roman forts and a heritage railway. Presented to organisations that go above and beyond the …
A celebration of migration in Middlesbrough will feature performers and music from around the world to embody those who have made the town their home from the early 1800s to the present day. North East Opera is rehearsing with the Middlesbrough Town Hall Community Choir for a special concert as part of the SHINE festival …
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