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Making a Forever Home in Northumberland
Graham Norton’s Irish-set mystery has found a new home in the North East. Graeme Thompson hears the story which brought the production to the region
If 2025 was a blast, wait for Mercury Fringe No. 2
Local talent set to shine
 • David Whetstone
Cultured. On Sunday 06.09.26
Our weekend edition featuring new drama, autumn theatre, remarkable photography, bookshelf suggestions and football beyond the final whistle
 • Sam Wonfor
Sunday Column: Introducing Nutmeg Salad
Ross Millard and Sam Patterson both have an ‘unhealthy obsession’ with football culture, which they’ve started channeling into a new newsletter and…
Graham Norton’s novel gets North East TV treatment
Actors share their insights
 • David Whetstone
Culture Digest 04.09.26
Our round up of some of the arts and culture news which caught our attention this week
 • Sam Wonfor
Rich and radical autumn pickings at Live
Theatre unwraps new season
 • David Whetstone
Chris Killip’s North revisited in new book
Previously unpublished images join some of the photographer’s best-known work documenting communities transformed by industrial decline
 • Tony Henderson
North East cultural freelancer champion steps onto national stage
Leila D’Aronville will bring years of experience supporting the North East’s independent creatives to national policy-making
Recognition at last as Audrey’s art comes home
Opening attraction at Culture House
 • David Whetstone
Smoggie Queens star Elijah Young joins BBC Comedy Collective
The Teesside-born writer and performer is among the latest emerging comedy talent to receive backing from the BBC
Keeping Barbara's art close to home
The landscapes, communities and history of the North East inspired much of artist Barbara Kennard’s work. Her daughter Julia Bullas explains why she…
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