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Culture Digest 19.12.25
A round up of the arts and culture stories which caught our attention over the past two week or so…
 • Sam Wonfor
North East music boss to sit on influential Government body
Mick Ross welcomes seat at table
 • David Whetstone
Pre-Raphs to be the Laing Art Gallery's star attraction in 2026
Gallery unveils exhibition programme
 • David Whetstone
Merry stitchmas!
balletLORENT’s Knitters, Movers and Shakers turn four weeks of stitching into a festive showstopper.
Book born from family's traumatic chapter celebrates Northumbrian food and countryside
A hospital diary, rural imagination and family drawings form the foundations of an inventive new food-and-fable collection
Musicians raise over £50,000 to tackle child poverty in Sunderland
Funds from the Music Against Child Poverty concert will help Love, Amelia provide essential support to young people
Photographer Tish Murtha to get big Baltic exhibition
Baltic programme announced for 2026
 • David Whetstone
David Nellist’s Protest Song wins star-studded support in New York
The North East actor’s New York stage debut has attracted starry audiences and old friends alike - and he’s hoping his native Newcastle will be the…
 • Sam Wonfor
From the founders of Viz comes Codswallop and Chips
A new rib-tickler from the Donalds
 • David Whetstone
Castle sale unveils vast hoard of art, antiques and silver
Over 1,000 lots of a castle’s contents are up for sale. Tony Henderson reports
Ranger role brings fresh momentum to Wall’s nature recovery
Welcome reinforcement for Hadrian’s Wall project. Tony Henderson reports.
Pond restoration becomes a calendar pin-up
Dramatic recovery of a pond is celebrated in new calendar highlighting the region’s waterways. Tony Henderson reports
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