2+ day, 12+ 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…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (350+ words) Newcastle artist Kema Kay is to create a new theatre work and help develop opportunities for Black creatives in the North East after securing more than £237,000 from Arts Council England. The writer, rapper, actor and performer is at the centre…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (628+ words) It’s never like this when I take the Ford Focus in for its irregular service or to get the dicky electrics checked. Admirable though the local garage is in its own way, there’s no sultry allure about the place… not…...

4+ day, 12+ 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, 15+ 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…...

2+ week, 15+ min ago   (309+ words) Hello, and welcome to the last Cultured. On Sunday of the summer. With Dave enjoying a very well-earned holiday, we’re (figuratively) slightly slimmer than usual this week – which is probably no bad thing as the back-to-school, back-to-work and general September…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (667+ words) Twenty-six years ago it seemed entirely plausible that Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes would use Primal Scream’s lofty platform to scrutinise those in power. For too long, they’d been keeping their powder dry. A decade on from the band’s hedonistic,…...

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…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1074+ words) The 27th edition of FrightFest takes place in London next weekend (August 27-31), ushering fans of the horror genre to “the dark heart of cinema” via films such as Nervous, The Glorious Dead and Bowels of Hell. Clearly it’s not for the…...