A deep dive into the history and community of a County Durham waterway

Sharing new voices from lesser-heard parts of the North with Shaun Wilson and Sufiyaan Salam

Local roots, global reach at one of the star turns of this year’s fest

Durham Book Festival leads the way for this week’s essential cultural reading

Meet your new favourite band at Middlesbrough’s all-day music fest

Going beyond the Turner Prize to encounter grassroots contemporary art

Art, music, dance ... and an Olympics in Gaza?

The art world turns its gaze on the Tees as the Boro looks for a cultural rebirth

Art, art, art! From classic to contemporary and most things in between. Plus a new play, a new single and an album release celebration

A new home for an established festival

From environmental alarms on Teesside to local folk legends in Stockton, there’s plenty happening this week

A Sunderland homecoming for an artist whose revival echoes the story of her hometown

A Sunderland homecoming for an artist whose revival echoes the story of her hometown

A beautiful new single from a pensive popstar

A home for live original music - and much more

A new opening in Sunderland, pensive pop at the Cluny and more

A stealth raid brings underground art - briefly - to Stockton

Highlights from Darlo’s multi-stage all-dayer

Rural festivals and cinematic treats

Highlights from Darlo’s multi-stage all-dayer

Tales of resilience and rebuilding in the former coalfield

Rebel - Storyteller - Visionary takes a colourful view of the designer’s legacy

A bumper bank holiday edition

A STUNNING sculpture paying homage to the forgotten women of Sunderland’s shipyards has officially been unveiled today [10 Jan] by the Se...

A STUNNING sculpture paying homage to the forgotten women of Sunderland’s shipyards has officially been unveiled today [10 Jan] by the Se...

The new-look Durham Light Infantry museum follows its own path

An illuminating opener at Durham’s long-awaited new gallery

A new gallery for Durham, rising stars in Stockton and Hartlepool, and the final weeks of the latest Bowes blockbuster.

Sub-aqua sounds and new looks at old landscapes as artists explore the Tees

Another week of cultural highlights from the Northeast

Woodworm, witches and a hapless tightrope walker star in a lo-fi dive into Durham's hidden history

Family fun to the fore in the summer hols