2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (325+ words) Faces from the North East’s past have joined a painting by portrait artist Pierre Mignard on display on Tyneside as part of the National Gallery Masterpiece Tour. Mignard’s The Marquise de Seignelay (1691) will be at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1743+ words) Hello, and thanks for jumping in for another Curated Culture. We’ve sifted through another busy couple of weeks on the North East cultural calendar and come up with our latest selection of things that we think are worth your time…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1251+ words) The relative conviviality of a preview screening shouldn’t perhaps be taken as a surefire guide to the nature and content of a forthcoming TV drama series. If you’ve read Forever Home, the fourth novel by Graham Norton – chat show host…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1366+ words) A quick note before we get into it. I (Sam) know I said the summer shenanigans were over and there’d be no more disruption to your regularly scheduled newsletters. And while that’s technically true, I wanted to offer a heads…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1702+ words) Hello, and thanks for joining us for another Curated Culture. There’s never any shortage of things competing for space in this newsletter, so once again we’ve done the rummaging on your behalf and picked out a selection of North East…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1623+ words) Felt Nowt shortlisted for Fringe award North East comedy collective Felt Nowt has been shortlisted for the Panel Prize at this year’s ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Sponsored by James Corden and Rhod Gilbert, organisers say this year’s shortlist highlights the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1658+ words) Hello, and thanks for opening this week’s Curated Culture. We’re not quite ready to call time on summer yet – particularly when there’s this much still going on. From the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend into September, we’ve gathered a particularly bumper…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1374+ words) In the uppermost room of a very old building in Newcastle, the 17th Century Alderman Fenwick’s House on Pilgrim Street, exciting plans are afoot that could shift the region’s theatrical profile. They’ve been afoot for some time but not here because…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (509+ words) This week’s Cultured. On Sunday is landing a little later than usual. Apologies for that. I (Sam) have spent the past couple of days clocking up 40,000 steps (and 12 stand-up shows) on the cobbled streets of Edinburgh. And while my Apple…...