As part of the major organisation campaigning on human rights worldwide, Newcastle Amnesty Local Group are of course concerned about the serious human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia in the wake of the NUFC takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. At the same time we understand and shareContinue Reading
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is set in the streets of Newcastle but it is not as we know it… Northern Stage will produce a magical new adaptation of family favourite The Sorcerer’s Apprentice this Christmas (27 November – 31 December). Audiences will be treated to live music, puppetry, magic and illusion as theyContinue Reading
Squid Game is on Netflix Squid Game is currently the most popular TV series on Netflix, garnering worldwide attention for its nail-biting moments and disturbing look at society. Squid Game is based in South Korea and tells the story of a group of people who are heavily in debt andContinue Reading
Balcony view All photos by Graham Clark If you have not been to Seaburn recently next time you visit this popular North East seaside resort you will discover the new Seaburn Inn sitting in a prime position majestically overlooking the beach and North Sea. Opened this summer the new buildContinue Reading
Simon Clarke, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and Chief Secretary to the Treasury has said that today’s Budget will have ‘levelling up’ for the North running through it like “golden thread”. Really? Meanwhile Bridget Phillipson, MP for Houghton and Sunderland South commented yesterday that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak:Continue Reading
A ground marker to assist foreign aircraft in wartime overflying neutral Ireland. This one is at Malin Head. The country I live in is called Ireland. Not The Republic of Ireland, officially, just Ireland. When President Higgins made a state visit to the UK a few years ago he wasContinue Reading
Unearthing climate activism Having recently turned thirteen, I’m well accustomed to the messages given to children about climate change from a young age: Reduce, reuse, recycle, conserve energy and reduce food waste. Sometimes we’re told how – by switching off the lights we aren’t using or changing to reusable waterContinue Reading
Over the past few weeks, the UK has seen soaring numbers of Covid-19 infections and an increase in hospital admissions and deaths. Our current numbers of daily infections are higher than that of France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined. Despite warnings from scientific advisors and the NHS, the government areContinue Reading
Without coal, Britain’s Industrial Revolution would have been impossible, The steam engine could not have operated without it; the iron industry demanded it. Coal was in fact at the very heart of the Industrial Revolution. In this North East History series, Audrey Marshall takes a look at the issues ofContinue Reading
Imagine sitting in a comfortable rural venue, lights turned low and a bar…and listening to stories being read to you by a wonderful and talented group of professional actors… That is what’s on offer this week in beautiful Northumberland…Humshaugh and Felton to be precise. Haunted is a delicious collection ofContinue Reading
