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David Whetstone

David Whetstone

An image from the musical Glorious

Ways to benefit from the wonders of Wunderbar

THERE are all sorts of ways to benefit from the wonders of Wunderbar, as David Whetstone reports.Read

Tony Bell and Lucy Ellinson in Northern Stages's Oh, The Humanity and other Good Intentions

Review: Humanity Festival at Northern Stage

IT’S a big subject, humanity. Just think how many plays you’d need to cover it comprehensively. Read

A Les Paul guitar by Gibson

Mo Foster rock guitar history book will strike a chord

MO FOSTER is best known as a session musician – an accomplished bass player who has performed alongside greats such as Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Hank Marvin, Sting, Cliff Richard and Dusty Springfield.Read

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Shipley Art Gallery in running for national prize

A NORTH East gallery has been shortlisted for a prize which could help to swell its collection with the work of an up-and-coming artist.Read

A cast member of Jonathan Likes This

Review: Jonathan Likes This at Live Theatre, Newcastle

LEE Mattinson’s play is set firmly in the world of Facebook, the social networking phenomenon.Read

Alan Bennetts iconic The Madness of George III.

Review: The Madness of George III at Newcastle Theatre Royal

THE bright rays of Nigel Hawthorne’s inaugural performance as George III – the bluff monarch they nicknamed “Farmer George” – will inevitably fall over this play for theatre-goers with long memories.Read

Playwright John Godber

Interview: Playwright John Godber

THE third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn has returned to a world of big men in suits.Read

Artist Barnaby Barford

Barnaby Barford Big Win exhibition comes to Laing Art Gallery

THE risks that come with a financial windfall were illustrated in cruel and colourful detail by 18th Century artist William Hogarth.Read

Film-maker David Blandy

Film-maker David Blandy exhibits Great North Run film

HOW many times have you passed a jogger with wires coming from their ears and wondered what they were listening to?Read

Estelle Morris

Conference will put creativity of young in the spotlight

THE creativity of young people will be the major talking point at a conference at The Sage Gateshead today.Read

Newcastle City Hall showcases archives as part of Heritage Open Days

TALKING to some of the most ardent devotees of Newcastle City Hall, you might wonder how it is still standing.Read

A long and grim journey of the 9/11 killings

STANDING transfixed in front of our television screens, as many of us did on the morning of September 11, 2001, the bleakest of thoughts came to the fore.Read

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Wikipedia creator’s keynote speech at radio festival

INTERNET innovator Jimmy Wales, the man behind online encyclopedia Wikipedia, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Free Thinking Festival.Read

North East set to stage World Shakespeare Festival

ALL of the world’s a stage – but the North East will occupy a significant chunk of it when the World Shakespeare Festival takes place next year, coinciding with the Olympic Games.Read

The shortlisted books for the Man Booker Prize 2011

Vote for your top ‘Toon Man Booker’ contender

THE shortlist for the Man Booker Prize has been announced – and that’s the signal for the Toon Man Booker contest to get underway.Read

Award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney

Our amazing relationship with world all around us

THE natural history series Human Planet, shown on BBC1 earlier this year, is to become a live show making its debut at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena next year.Read

George Vickers who appears in Ambers 1979 film

Launch of Screen Heritage UK initiative

OLD film footage opens a window on the way the world used to be, right back to the early years of the 20th Century.Read

A 9/11 painting by David Mulholland

Artist's 9/11 pieces set to play part in anniversary

IF you haven’t heard of David Mulholland, don’t worry. According to those who knew him, he wasn’t very interested in self-promotion and would often barter his paintings for goods and services.Read

Newcastle pub launch for poetry collections

THERE'S a double dose of Keith Armstrong in the book shops. David Whetstone talks to the Tyneside poet. Read

Chance to get involved in Toon booker prize

THE Man Booker Prize shortlist will be announced on Tuesday and we can all get involved, thanks to Newcastle City Libraries.Read