Cosy, huh? And capturing all the warmth and bonhomie of one of Newcastle’s finest pubs is one of Newcastle’s finest painters – Jim Edwards. And Jim is welcoming visitors to his studio and gallery throughout December. Anyone who’s ever been to the Free …

‘Dressed for Departure: Fashion in the Age of Rail’ is currently showing at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. ‘Dressed for Departure’ brings together historic fashion, artworks and objects that reflect on how engineering advances reshaped lives and cul…

Tart was born out of ‘sluttycheff’, an Instagram account through which an anonymous chef punctuates steamy sexual anecdotes with photos of food. I’d followed her for a while before discovering she was releasing a memoir. Despite my apprehension about the …