If you’re in the mood to let your hair down this festive season, then you should check out at least one of two very special parties coming to Newgate Social in Newcastle this December. These thrill-stuffed parties are both taking place on the same day …

Newcastle Noir returns this December with 40 authors up to their necks in death, destruction and other festive fare. One of the most eagerly anticipated panels of this year’s Newcastle Noir comes at the very end and features three of the most acclaimed…

A brand-new family-friendly event is coming to Newcastle this December which looks all kinds of amazing. For four evenings only, art, performance and out-of-this-world wonders will collide. ‘Enchanted City: From City Streets To Cosmic Skies’ is a first…

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. …

If you thought that Auckland Palace couldn’t get any more amazing then think again, because the dazzling light trail that is AGLOW returns this November and it will be dazzling visitors right until 2025 takes its final bow. If you’ve a hankering to ste…

The magnificent Forage Market returns this November (and December) with a whole raft of independent makers and designers showing off their delectable wares. Founded by the creative duo of Ellie Davison-Archer and Steven Eyles, the Forage Market has swi…