With a little positive thinking and a lot of high pressure pushing north from the Mediterranean, we might salvage something of our summer. At the moment, the weather would have you believe it was approaching Christmas Eve, or Armageddon.
Still, good weather or not, it won’t stop a fervent army of picnickers arriving on your doorstep. Along with their aeroplanes. Made of grass. Read full story
Sorry for bringing this to your attention a little late, but in case you didn’t know, a partial solar eclipse has just begun across Tyneside. Read full story
Back in the day, when all this was just fields, the underground car park of The Gate was the greatest venue in the North East. Read full story
Pizza, a night in with a box set of Entourage and mum’s chicken dinner aside, there’s not much better in life than a free gig, especially when it’s an artist you’ll not want to miss.
Best clear your diary for tomorrow night then, when Drew De Four turns up downstairs at The Living Room on Grey Street. Read full story
The crowds have gathered, the tugs are ready and willing, the weather is fine - despite rumours to the contrary, today’s the day the Tuxedo Princess leaves the shelter of the Tyne Bridge forever.
newcastlecentric.com is on the quayside to watch the spectacle, provide you with an ongoing commentary and perhaps more important, sample the early morning breakfast specials of the Quayside Market. Read full story
The Millennium Falcon could have cruised over the coast of Seaburn this afternoon, flanked by Concorde and the Nostromo (let’s see who gets that particular reference) and nobody would have been any the wiser. Read full story
This year’s SummerTyne festival concludes on Sunday with a seven-course feast of music; the Americana Weekend promises every style of sound from the US of A, courtesy of The Sage. Read full story
We’ve all been there, danced the rotating dance floor, threw back the cheap shots and staggered away bleary eyed in the night, to do it all again the next weekend.
But seven months ago the party came to an end, and next week Newcastle and Gateshead will lose one of their most famous and notorious landmarks, when the Tuxedo Princess leaves the banks of the Tyne forever.