A taste of Versailles as experienced by King Louis XIV is coming to Ushaw this spring. And this exhibition has a show-stopping first in the shape of some of the rarest books in European history. Never before seen in public, the first edition volumes known…

‘X – Contemporary British Painting’ is a huge new show highlighting, well, the clue is in the exhibition title… By all accounts, this exhibition is on a scale not seen in the north-east for decades – which, cards on the table, has got me excited because n…

Brighton go-getters Youth Sector are the art-rock saviours putting the new into new wave, and they’re playing The Engine Room in North Shields at the back end of June. Brighton is renowned for having a vibrant live music scene, and it’s often hard for ski…