Photo by Sylvia Zamperini Steve Bray and fellow SODEM (Stand of Defiance European Movement) protestors will be outside parliament on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week to continue their protest against what they see as a corrupt government. They will be joined by North East for Europe and will beContinue Reading
Photo by Graham Clark It is rumoured that over a quarter of a million people are taking part in Veganuary this year. Now I must admit I am not vegetarian or vegan. However, January seems a good place to start as a New Year’s resolution. Zizzi, the Italian themed restaurant withContinue Reading
North East theatre company Open Clasp has been awarded a special commendation at the first ever Digital Culture Awards, celebrating the very best digital and tech innovation in arts and culture. There was fierce competition for the Content Creation and Distribution award, with a long list including Complicité, National Theatre atContinue Reading
Hebburn Tri-Station Photo by TWFRS A state-of-the-art blue light Tri-Station in Hebburn will be the first of its kind to be completely carbon neutral. The project is now one step closer to completion and residents are being asked for their views. The proposed Tri-Station will be home to fire crewsContinue Reading
Drawing by Suzy Varty Former Durham police chief, Mike Barton has spoken candidly about the current Westminster row so-called ‘Partygate’. Barton, who was critical of the Dominic Cummings trip to Barnard Castle during lockdown has said that the current situation is “significantly worse.” In an interview on Radio 4, BartonContinue Reading
Sewing machine from deposit photos During the first lockdown I wrote about the small businesses in our neighbourhood, trying to convey the atmosphere of my part of London. Whilst Downing Street has been partying both these places have folded – changing the scene forever but also a reminder that behindContinue Reading
photo courtesy of Sylvia Zamperini There is an old philosophical thought experiment that you will have heard of. It goes like this – “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This old chestnut persists because it soContinue Reading
Photo by Richard Henson Last Wednesday, on a cold and still misty January morning, a group of protestors gathered outside the statue of Millicent Fawcett, a suffragist. Her statue and memorial can be found in the far corner of Parliament Square, close to other human rights giants such as MahatmaContinue Reading
Kill the Bill demonstration in Newcastle today In April last year, Grassroots for Europe sent Harriet Harman QC MP, chair of the UK Parliament’s Joint Human Rights Committee, a letter signed by 83 local citizen organisations, setting out their concern that our future pro-European public campaign events may be amongContinue Reading
Peter Lathan, Close the Coalhouse Door (St David’s Arts Festival) 1974 Oh God! Another downward step in the aging saga; another physical deterioration brought about by advancing years, joining the long-lasting bruises that happen so easily that you don’t even notice them, the clumsiness, the sudden discovery that you noContinue Reading
