One of Sunderland’s finest indie bands Hivemind are playing a hometown gig this October, which is the kind of good news that you need in your life right now. Hivemind are firm local favourites, but they’ve also been in much demand from other acts and h…

Up and coming British singer-songwriter Paris Paloma has become something of a feminist icon, thanks to her song ‘Labour’ which is pretty much the soundtrack of the movement on social media. In ‘The Fatal Flaw’, she zooms in on herself, writing a series o…

Forum Books continues to bring us some of the best author-led events around, and they’ve got two real crackerjacks for us this October. As is their wont, Forum Books have some fabulous evenings lined up across sundry venues this month, but we’d particu…