Culture in Newcastle Articles
- 13th May 2008
- Evolution Festival 2008
- The Evolution Festival, which is an urban music festival in Newcastle and Gateshead, returns this year with its strongest line-up yet.
The festival takes place over four days in May and will see Newcastle and Gateshead showcase some of the finest music...
- 12th May 2008
- Newcastle Scriptwriter Wins Top Award
- A Newcastle scriptwriter has won a coveted international award for Best European Film. Martin Herron, 49, only started writing a decade ago after a varied career spent working in photography, filming and even driving buses.
Martin won the award for his n...
- 12th May 2008
- Durham Beat Newcastle in Tyne-Wear Boat Race
- Durham University have beaten their rivals Newcastle University to win all four events in the 12th annual Tyne-Wear Boat Race.
The 1,800m course along the River Tyne was lined with spectators, who watched Durham row their way to victory, taking first pla...
- 14th April 2008
- North East gets its First Gay Football Team
- The North East is already renowned as the home to Newcastle United, but it’s soon to get another football team.
Russell Potter and Rob Woods have formed the Newcastle Pink Panthers, which is set to become the first gay football team in the region. ...
- 11th April 2008
- Children In Need Money Awarded to Worthy Causes
- Money from the BBC’s Children in Need Appeal has been awarded to a number of worthy causes throughout Tyneside and Northumberland. So far, almost £600,000 of the charity’s money has been handed out to deserving projects in the regions.
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- 11th April 2008
- Gazza’s Tears Top Poll
- According to a recent poll, Paul Gascoigne’s tears after the 1990 World Cup semi-final are the most iconic sporting images of all time. The soccer ace cried after being handed a yellow card during the match, which meant that he would potentially mis...
- 07th March 2008
- Newcastle has the Write Stuff
- Richard T Kelly, an author born in the North East, decided to return to his native Newcastle to pen his accomplished debut novel, Crusaders.
He researched the novel by hanging around Newcastle’s streets, soaking in the culture and sense of commu...
- 07th March 2008
- A Lot of Laughs
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The Newcastle and Gateshead Comedy Festival returns in March 2008 with a stellar line-up that’ll have you crying with laughter.
Growling Clown Entertainment, which also runs the North East’s highly successful Funny Bones stand-up co...