This twice Booker nominated author has an enviable reputation, and his latest features a truly impressive bit of world-building. Actually, scratch that. Let’s go with: world-dismantling. It’s sometime in the future and the world has suffered catastrophic …

Newcastle will become the murder capital of the world this December (for four days only) when Newcastle Noir returns. Newcastle Noir reaches its tenth anniversary in 2024, which is a whole lot of garrotting, stabbings, poisonings and other ghastly goings-…

The fabulous ice rink is now in-situ outside the Life Science Centre, but inside they’ve got a whole host of other good stuff going on for both families and adults alike. A yearly visit to the ice-rink at Life Science Centre is now pretty much nailed-on a…