The WOW Festival (that’s Women of the World Festival) is coming to the north-east for the very first time this October – Durham to be precise. Taking place in partnership with S&DR200, everyone is welcome to celebrate the incredible women, girls and n…

Artist Narbi Price and writer Mark Hudson share stories of hope and aspiration in mining communities, 40 years after the Miners’ Strike, in a new exhibition at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. Fittingly – seeing as it’s 40 years after that era-def…

Get in touch with your Americana side at Durham’s Bluebird Boutique. You’ll have no doubt noticed that fashion has been having something of a western revival recently, with fringing, denim and cowboy boots galore spotted everywhere from festivals to c…