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
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
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
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 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
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
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.