POPULAR legend has it that when Johnny Rotten and his pals invaded pop music with their snot and safety pins in the 1970s, it was bands like Genesis that took the hit.Read
WHEN Peter Mortimer offered a series of poetry workshops to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his influential Iron Press, around 40 poets sent in examples of their work.Read
TOM Paxton appeared on stage with a relaxed demeanour, as if he was playing his regular spot at a folk club and the audience was a room full of old friends.
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NODDY, the Famous Five and the inhabitants of The Enchanted Wood – Moonface, Saucepan Man and Mr Watzisname – feature in the most eagerly awaited exhibition yet mounted at Seven Stories.Read
SIMON Bartram is in the shed and his head’s full of football. Of course, given that much of the male population of Tyneside spends its time in the shed with its head full of football, this does not make him especially remarkable.Read
ALL over Britain and perhaps the world there are people tinkering with things in garden sheds or attic bedrooms, utterly absorbed and impervious to proper meal times.Read
David Whetstone is our arts and entertainments editor and is also the editor of Culture magazine. He has worked at ncjMedia for more than 25 years and has won numerous awards for he work.
