I had a grand old time of it at the ‘Great Northern Contemporary Craft & Art Fair Newcastle’ when it made its debut last year and – praise be! – it’s returning to the heart of the city once again this June. I wasn’t the only one who enjoyed the ‘Great …

‘Starting Lines’ at Baltic is an installation exploring creativity, collaboration and community, and it’s the first major exhibition by north-east-based artists, designers and educators Adam Phillips and Deborah Bower (known as Foundation Press). Root…

The Festival of Thrift is one of our favourite, north-east based festivals, and it seems that plenty of others love it too judging by how many people it attracts each year. And for their 2026 iteration, the festival is returning to Kirkleatham in Redcar o…