Sketching whilst drunk is a great laugh, and how better to be inspired than a collection of top quality art in the best loved pub-come-gallery in Byker?
The Cluny Gallery has been taken under the wing of two talented and relentlessly committed local ladies and given the makeover it so desperately needed.
- A man has appeared in court charged with the murders of Zhen Xing Yang and Xi Zhou at their flat in Newcastle in August.
If there was an award for “best use of a knackered old swimming pool”, Climb Newcastle would have it in the bag. But there isn’t, so they haven’t. What they do have is Newcastle’s first dedicated climbing centre, and that sounds far more fun, doesn’t it?
- A woman suffered knife wounds to her chest and face in Monkseaton on Thursday evening. Police were called to Parkside Court after reports of a stabbing.
There’s a quiet flurry of excitement in Newcastle about a new bar opening. Not because of its location or the promise of cowgirls shaking their slightly overweight midriffs at the patrons (there’ll be none of that), but because of its owners.
Don’t know whether you’ve noticed, but money is a little tight right now. One of the biggest shocks is how much it costs to fill your car with fuel.
With a gas guzzler you might be into the hundreds of pounds, but even an ickle car is costing the sharp end of fifty quid to fill. [...]
There’s a new bar in town - well, a newly improved bar, you could say.
The owners of the popular, trendy bar Apartment on Collingwood Street, Vibrant Ventures, decided that after five years in which Apartment has become one of Newcastle’s most popular choices for a night out, it was time for a makeover.
A new report by the Conservative Party has revealed the state of poverty in Newcastle.
Of course, attacking the Labour party in the current climate is a lazy, effortless sport, and you’d be forgiven for believing the headline is simply a cheap knee to the groin.
But strip away the spin, and the numbers concerning poverty and [...]