It’s not every night you can say, “right, I’m off to an evening of Northumbrian pipes and clog dancing”. Well, apart from last Monday, that is. Kathryn Tickell has recorded more than a dozen albums,...
Read MoreThere are lots of different ways to present restaurant menus. In my time, I’ve seen simple slips of paper, red leather binders, cards and laminates (not always a good idea – once, on a date, my companion set fire to...
Read MoreFor the past six years, the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair has championed designer craft-makers and given the public the opportunity to buy original jewellery, fashion, ceramics, glass, wood and furniture, lighting,...
Read More…all this stuff happens. (Disclaimer: Christmas being what it is, some of these observations apply nationwide) 1. It’s 9am and you’ve already finished the bumper box of Celebrations. 2. Your best mate is going...
Read MoreThere are many journalistic fallbacks, those little turns of phrase employed by writers up against deadline or snowed under with work. These common clichés form a list of staples which, if you read a lot of newspapers and...
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