THEY are quietly looking forward to a fifth anniversary at Mima, the flagship art gallery in Middlesbrough which still looks as shiny and new as the day it opened in January 2007.Read
THE day I chatted to Katherine Jenkins, she was in many of the national newspapers having decided to go public over her distress at being the victim of some internet bullying.Read
AS someone who hails from the Emerald Isle, it’s fitting that there’s something evergreen about Gilbert O’Sullivan. The singing voice has worn well – and so has the hair.Read
A YEAR of festivals which will put North East creativity and innovation in the national spotlight and boost the regional economy is today being announced.Read
THREE gigs for the price of one with transport thrown in is the offer to Americana fans this evening. It’s a Jumpin’ Hot Club special, as you might have guessed.
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URSULA Moray Williams’s biography could almost be a storybook in itself. Born in Hampshire in 1911, the younger of identical twins, her childhood was spent writing, drawing and horse-riding with sister Barbara.Read
A GLUM exchange of words between a toothbrush and a toilet roll has earned Newcastle schoolboy Jasper Ashton-Nelson the title British Young Cartoonist of the Year.Read
MORE than 200 artists clustered in and around Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley will be throwing open their studios this weekend for the traditional pre-Christmas display of their wares.Read
MOST people think of the cinema as a place to go to see a film with some nice refresh- ments thrown in. But the Tyneside Cinema is a bit different.Read
THE new Hoochie Coochie club is a great venue for Elaine Binney and The Jazz Rascals' latest outing – the Circus of Crows – where they are joined by special guests.Read
COMEDY, poetry, autobiography and gruesome crime...just some of the ingredients of the Newcastle Winter Book Festival. David Whetstone savours a literary feast.Read
A HOST of stars from across the musical spectrum will join forces in a spectacular charity concert, Carols of Light, at Durham Cathedral next month.Read
A SUCCESSFUL festival finishes with thoughts of the next one forming in the minds of the organisers – and that’s the way it was with Wunderbar at the weekend.Read
IN 1951, when the news was still being read in black tie, the BBC commissioned the great folklorist Alan Lomax, who collected music from all over the world, to make recordings of traditional British music.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.
