toast of the week

This section is for writers to articulate their views on a certain topic, good or bad. This week, the comments are autumnal themed!...

Roast The Wetherspoons Lamb Shank It is not often that I venture outside of the Courier office, but I’ve ended up touring the country in recent weeks. And while I may journey outside Newcastle, I wi...

Roast The Pacer You’re at the station. You’re heading home for the holidays, or perhaps on your way to visit a friend at another uni. You’re armed with a good book, a contented heart and a sceni...

Our writers let loose on the important and not so important issues of the day ...

Roast Your Mum Jokes Listen up, and listen close. This is important. Your mother wears combat boots. Prove me wrong. Your mother is so horrifying looking, according to recent ...

Brexit, Castle Leazes and lunch- read our comment writers' opinions on all three for this week's Roast, Toast and Soapbox. ...

Roast of the week This weather ain't brrrrrrilliant When you’re an evidently cold-blooded person like me, staying warm in these winter months is tough. No amount of layers seems to ever be enough. I...

This week's soapbox is certainly divergent- biscuits and bush fires are on the radar of our writers. ...

Roast Shortbread There are a lot of biscuits out there: some chocolatey, some plain, some nutty. Some of them are even nice, but not shortbread. Similar to a brick in both shape and taste, one can onl...

Roast Ticket Turmoil Why are train tickets so expensive? They are stupid bits of paper that are used once and then binned. What is their point? Surely it would be cheaper if every station and trainlin...

Roast Fascist Franco's Family Fiasco On October 24th a grave injustice was put right when the remains of the fascist former dictator of Spain, Francisco Franco (1892-1975), were exhumed from the Valle...