A leading Tyneside marine artist and lifeboat hero has seen off competition from artists across the world to earn a place at a major London exhibition.
Mark Taylor, 43, from North Shields, divides his time between painting the North East coastline and answering distress calls from those in peril at...
Is your youngster a reluctant reader? Despite tempting them with every type of book, do they still only read when they ‘have’ to at school and not for pleasure?
Former primary school teacher Emma Shingleton of education resource experts. PlanBee shares some great tips for the summer holidays.
The long summer...
NORTHERN PRIDE is pulling out all the stops to ensure that the year it is the host of UK Pride is one to remember.
Following the recent announcement of an exciting line-up for the free festival, which includes a DJ set by Spice Girl Melanie C, Louise and local hero...
Local online community radio station Radio Gateshead is celebrating its first birthday.
Radio Gateshead, which broadcasts LIVE 24 hours a day online, provides a local service of news, community information and great music.
The station launched on 5th June 2021 and has been incredibly popular, helping thousands of local residents during...
A North East theatre and production company is holding a very special performance in tribute to one of their leading actors who passed away last year.
Life of Reilly Productions have toured their play of the same name around the North East playing at Northern Stage numerous times, Queens Hall Hexham, Phoenix Theatre...
A NORTH EAST entertainment company hit by the pandemic has proved the show must go on, after announcing plans for a new national tour.
And audiences across the region will be able to enjoy the brand new offering from Timeless Entertainment, with three performances set to take place at The...
It's hard to overstate quite how massive R&B rockers The Animals were in the mid-1960s. And that torch is being kept lit to this day.
Amazingly, drummer and final remaining original band member John Steel is still smashing it on stage with the band’s current iteration at the age of...
Global experts in animation are due to converge on Teesside University from across the world this summer to share their knowledge.
The 33rd Society for Animation Studies (SAS) Conference will bring together around 200 international delegates, including animation scholars and practitioners, to share and present their research.
Held at a different...
Putting women’s voices and experiences at the forefront of the discourse, writer, theatre-maker and artist Luca Rutherford (Learning How to Die, ARC Stockton; Hold On Let Go; Summerhall) presents an impassioned project combining theatre and public art.
You Heard Me is a powerful one-woman play about refusing to be silent,...
The new Chair of an Amble based theatre company has had a baptism of fire thanks to a combination of COVID restrictions and the devastating effects of Storm Arwen.
However, her wealth of experience in business and the arts is already having positive results and the company is looking forward...
