The North East is home to some of the world's best stuff, like Gazza. Here are some more excellent things we've come up with:
Windscreen Wipers
Gladstone Adams patented the world's first ever windscreen wipers ever in 1911, only 15 years after they were first patented in the USA, and 8...
The world has drastically transformed in the last two centuries, and yet the manner in which academic institutions prepare us for our professional careers has remained stagnant. It is still fixated on the needs of an industrial age, a learning structure that is very much outdated and questionable for...
The author of a novel shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize – and described as a ‘modern fairy tale’ – is to give a talk at Newcastle University.
Fiona Mozley will be in conversation with creative writing lecturer Dr Rachel Hewitt in the King’s Hall, Newcastle University, on 14th November.
Fiona’s...
The North East of England is home to some of the greatest films of all time. The stunning landscapes and scenery only enhance its attraction for film-making.
Here are 4 of some films we consider to be on the list of “all-time greatest ”:
1. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Newcastle in...
A film student at Newcastle University has been showing his documentaries at prestigious festivals all over the world.
Evripidis Karydis, who is studying for a PhD in Film Practice at Newcastle University, has had his films shown at festivals in Oaxaca, Mexico; Bucharest, Romania; Moscow, Russia; and Lille, France.
Screenings are...
All aboard for the Ocean Film Festival World Tour coming to the North East in 2019
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The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is hitting UK and Irish shores this autumn...
On Saturday the 8th June, Nashville rock outfit Lola Montez took to the stage at The Three Tuns in Gateshead. It’s safe to say that the entertainment was kept to an incredibly high standard during the evening throughout a long set list of around twenty songs.
Before the gig began...
Later this month, Newcastle fans of Nell Bryden will have the chance to enjoy an intimate gig from the singer-songwriter.
The New-York-born, London-based musician is embarking on a UK tour to support her new EP Soundtrack to Little Wing (Part 1), as well as her recently released album Living Room...
If you haven’t been to Tyne Bank Brewery yet let me paint you a picture…
A wide-open space which is deceivingly warm with fairy lights draped across the ceiling. An oxymoronic, comfortable, factory-like environment. With an eclectic range of tables and chairs spread across the floor of which you share...
Review: The Standing Water (Steel String Books) by David Castleton
“Quality fiction with a gothic edge”
Maybe nowhere in England is all that remote, but some places can still feel isolated. Perhaps you’re only 15 miles from the nearest dual carriageway, but when glowering clouds mass overhead, when the mist...
