Claire Ward’s fascinating show ‘Intimately Connected’ is at Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery in Alnwick this January and February. Claire Ward: “My connection with landscape and nature began in childhood when I roamed woods and pasture close to my home in …

The Playhouse in Whitley Bay are renowned for their side-splitting pantos that are enormous fun for all the family and this year they’re bringing us their wondrous take on ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The Playhouse broke box-office records last year with t…

Would it be Christmas without a spin around the ice-rink at the Life Science Centre? (Answer: no, it wouldn’t.) It’s back! My annual trip to this wonderful ice-rink is now as much a part of my Christmas as standing in the queue outside Fenwick window. …