What’s On Further Afield
One day in June, taking advantage of the ease of lockdown, we decided to have a day out in Thornton Cleveleys. We took a wrong turn and found we were actually heading for Fleetwood and so decided to visit. I would expect that most Northerners...
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In difficult times we can all do with a laugh to lighten our spirits. And the Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is offering £10,000 for a winning comedy script. The competition, now in its fourth year, is the second largest national playwriting...
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In ‘Who Cares’, writer and director Matt Woodhead shares the inspirational stories of young cares in Salford. What is the story of Who Cares? Matt: ‘Who Cares’ is a verbatim play adapted from over 200 hours of interviews with young...
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Galleries across County Durham are hosting a year-long centenary focus on one of the North East’s most celebrated artists, Norman Cornish. Norman Cornish’s depiction of mining life in north east England captured the working heart of pitmen and their...
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Following Portrait of Britain, the largest ever exhibition of contemporary portrait photography, a call is now open for photographers to enter a new international award, Portrait of Humanity. This global initiative from 1854 Media, publisher of...
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TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham is a passionate advocate of the benefits of getting out and about in the great outdoors. Living with autism he understands sometimes there can be barriers to accessibility that aren’t always obvious...
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Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Carmel Thomason