I had no idea who Charlie Kirk was until he wasn’t. Which made me wonder whether I was as politically informed as I thought. But I comforted myself in assuming he was a Tik-Tok chancer, another spewer of alternative facts, with a fundamentalist Christian …

The singular talents of Joyce Grenfell are celebrated in ‘Ode to Joyce’, which is coming to Darlington this November. The likes of Victoria Wood – who cited Joyce Grenfell as a huge influence on her work – and Miranda Wood (another huge fan) are just t…

I’ve really been looking forward to the debut album from this north-east pair and it certainly doesn’t disappoint. They’re unashamed fans of smooth 70s sounds (think breezy Laurel Canyon vibes meets yacht rocking musicianship), and the nine tracks here oo…