Arts

Newcastle is full of art if you know where to look!...

Are collectors editions wasteful or treasured keepsakes? ...

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading......

Creative spaces in Newcastle with the best cake and coffee! ...

A poem about growing up and having to face leaving university. ...

Once a banner of empire and later a pop-art fashion staple, the Union Jack is instantly recognisable. Today, it finds itself at the heart of battles between identity, belonging and power. Playful to s...

The Side Gallery, the home of humanist documentary photography and film, will this month establish a new curatorial base at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. The move follows the galler...

Is there hope for the dwindling UK arts scene? ...

Galleries around the world are joining the anti-ICE protest, rejecting the expectation that art remains polite, neutral, and decorative.  In the US, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is autho...

Let me paint you a picture: you have just stepped out of Central Station. This is your first time in Newcastle (you are only here for a day trip) and, of course, it is pouring with rain. Your first th...

Which books are worth your time and which ones should you give a miss?...

Art exists North of Watford, you know......

“Opening Up” – West End Hit ‘Waitress’ graces the Sunderland Empire with its sweet presence in upcoming months…...

Art has often been used as a way to raise awareness about current social issues—look at Lee Miller’s photography, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s writing or Picasso’s Guernica. It allows for a breaki...

I've never lived in a stately home, I’ve never ridden a horse, and I’ve never had an extramarital affair, but what I have done is enjoy the writing of Jilly Cooper, in whi...

Hedda Gabler is a power-hungry artist who is starving. Married to someone who bores her and surrounded by people she far surpasses intellectually, she is desperate to find beauty in a monotonous life....

The infamous play is coming to our cinema screens this January... ...

Newcastle University Theatre Society captivates another audience through their immersive portrayal of Polly Stenham's No Quarter ...