Dark Turtle has its roots firmly in the region – and they do like a turtle… It might be a major cliché, but one thing we love about the north-east is that it has quite literally everything. Beautiful coastline? Got it. Rural countryside? Got it. City life…

The first Tyneside Americana Blues Festival was such a roaring success that it’s back in early 2025 and – oh, my! – look how it’s grown… That first Tyneside Americana Blues Festival was held at Cullercoats Crescent Club, but in January the whole shebang i…

Writer-director Kapadia’s deeply empathetic depiction of urban and rural life in India profiles a trio of working class women in Mumbai. Prabha (Kusruti) is a hardworking nurse in a shabby hospital. She had an arranged marriage some years earlier, but her…