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Curated Culture 21.07.26
This week's what's on recommendations from stages and attractions across the North East
 • Sam Wonfor
Where fantasy found its roots
How great tales of the past still have a story to tell today. Tony Henderson reports on a new exhibition
Mining fashion comes to light
Artists descend into the depths to create a fashion first. Tony Henderson reports
A brush with extinction
Artist ensures that long lost species may be gone but are not forgotten. He talks to Tony Henderson
New future for Neville Hall
Move to save historic building which holds globally important heritage archive. Tony Henderson reports
Glimpse inside proposed new Glassworks: Sunderland
Glassmaking's Wearside future?
 • David Whetstone
Cultured. On Sunday 19.07.26
Our weekend edition this week featuring Fringe stories, flashmobs on bicycles, fresh new music and cultural adventures aplenty
 • Sam Wonfor
Making the Fringe less fringe for North East comics
From award winners to Fringe first-timers, Felt Nowt is giving North East comedians a platform at the world's biggest arts festival
The last stop before Edinburgh: Live Theatre launches Fringe previews
From stand-up and drag to new theatre and folk music, the Newcastle venue is giving audiences an early look at productions destined for the legendary…
 • Sam Wonfor
Culture House seeks Sunderland's unsung heroes for opening day honour
Residents are being invited to nominate the people who make the city a better place, with 52 local heroes set to play a starring role when the landmark…
Culture Digest 17.07.26
This week's arts and culture news round up includes support for grassroots venues, a third outing for Smoggie Queens, a new honour for Redhills and a…
 • Sam Wonfor
REVIEW: Mother? at Live Theatre
Rachel Stockdale's latest one-woman show explores the messy, contradictory realities of parenthood through the voices of more than 100 mums, dads and…
 • Sam Wonfor
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