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- Morpeth’s Tallantyre Gallery is showing the work of Spanish painter Royo until this Saturday. The Valencian-born artist will be exhibiting over 20 original paintings during the exhibition Mediterranean Light. Read full story

Action packed and fast moving it may be, we can’t all get excited about Nicolas Cage going mental and kicking ass in a series of unrelated (yet strikingly similar) movie plots, we’re just not all built that way. Read full story

Daisy Green may sound like a rosy-cheeked farmer’s daughter who seems innocent enough until she starts necking the cider. She’s not. She is in fact somewhat more inanimate - a fashion magazine that launches here in Newcastle on Thursday. Read full story

The temperature may be verging towards the wrong side of zero and all, but where culture is concerned things are getting hotter. Read full story

Those who can, run. The rest of us watch it on the telly. Or get annoyed that we can’t drive anywhere in Tyneside for the best part of a day. Read full story

Of course The Secret Policeman’s Ball is neither a secret (although if it is, it’s not very well kept), nor a policeman’s ball. It is of course an annual gig to raise both the funds and the profile of Amnesty International. Read full story

Not unsurprisingly, demand to see Russell Brand at Newcastle City Hall has been massive, so an extra date has been announced for his 2009 UK tour. Read full story

The title might be the result of a university drinking game, and the theme song may sound like a bag of hammers. It doesn’t matter. Bond is back and you know it’s going to be a-bloody-mazing. Read full story