There’s a new family day out in Sunderland city centre this autumn. Culture House, The National Centre for Creative Smart Cities on Keel Square is now open, with four floors packed with things to discover, enjoy and explore together. At its heart is Sund…

A burst of expensive ultramarine blue on the walls of South Shields Museum should tell you you’re looking at a very posh painting indeed—Pierre Mignard’s portrait of the Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Sons (1691). Not that this French noblewoman ap…

North-east playwright Alison Carr’s latest piece is inspired by the notorious ‘Canoe Man’ case. See it at Live Theatre this September and October. I wonder if the original ‘Canoe Man’ knew that his actions would trigger such interest in his deception? …