"A book which has metaphorically held my hand through life" - Milly Evans describes the fantastical comfort to be found in The Hobbit as well as its many allusions to old English and Scandinavian ...

As our evenings get colder there is perhaps no greater pleasure than getting wrapped up in a good old-fashioned murder mystery story. Thus, I found Sixth Side’s production of Agatha Christie’s And ...

To perform Cluedo is to undertake the difficult task of staging a theatrical adaptation based on a film, which draws inspiration from a classic board game – yet the Oswald’s Players Theatre Company ...

From roofer to policeman to BAFTA-nominated writer; Tess Cato explores Tony Schumacher's personal journey to success.

‘When a white jogger is raped by black youths in Central Park, Dinkins – not Ravitch or Goldin or Giuliani or Koch – has to answer for the behaviour of the perpetrators’ – Joe Klein, New York Magazine ...

The Green Party has pledged to work towards the abolition of private landlordism following a motion passed at its recent party conference in Bournemouth. The party, which recently surpassed 100,000 ...

By. This week I had the opportunity to dine at Veeno, a new restaurant that opened in Durham this September. I stopped by on a quiet Monday evening, ...

"When The Times recently announced that Durham University was their University of the Year, my first thought was: are we really talking about the same university here?" ...

Lucy Atkinson asks whether a publicly funded broadcaster should ever exploit its own credibility for entertainment?

"[T]he quintessential qualities of jazz; improvisation, collaboration, elements of surprise, a mosaic of contrasting sounds and images." Imogen Sabharwal explores the vibrant pieces of Black artists ...

As the weather grew colder and nights drew in people, whose lives revolved around and stomachs were dependent upon the land, would celebrate the harvest with a festival. From the 16 th century when ...