North Shields’ Conor Michael has won audiences over with his energetic live shows – featuring him, his guitar and his loop pedal – but his recorded output is about to receive another leg-up with his fantastic new album. ‘Chase The Day’ would nominally be …

‘Us’ is a fabulous retrospective coming to the Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery in Alnwick that features two very special artists indeed. And those artists are Sarah Bradford (that’s her piece ‘Feasting on the Light’ – pictured) and Geoffrey Bradford. Of h…

Dur e Aziz Amna caused a real splash with her debut novel ‘American Fever’ and she’s followed it up with another compelling narrative, this one set in Pakistan in the 1990s/early 2000s. Telling the tale is Tara who draws us into her confidence from the of…