The award-winning writer will be speaking to Professor Preti Taneja, Director Newcastle University’s Centre for the Literary ...

Other notable figures being honoured are Leon Restaurants co-founder Henry Dimbleby will be made an Honorary Doctor of ...

Unlike almost all of Thatcher’s ministers, Tebbit did not go to university, but left school at 16 to encounter the “closed shop”: that one had to be a member of a particular union to work in a ...

Blitz spirit refers to the resilience, unity and stoic determination of civilians during the German bombing raids (the Blitz) ...

Writing for The Conversation, Bernard Hay, Head of Policy at the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, gives his ...

The story of six Chinese sailors buried in a Newcastle graveyard will provide the setting for an event exploring new ways to ...

Writing for The Conversation, Martin Farr discusses why - though nothing has happened to suggest that bromance is dead - neither Donald Trump nor Nigel Farage publicly now speak of the other.

A community-led art exhibition in Blyth will showcase how marginalised communities envision, and can contribute to, ...

Ancient mathematical texts that played a key role in constructing the Roman empire will be transformed for the 21st century ...

An exciting, one-day event designed to introduce young people to the world of economics through the lens of football—a subject they know and love.

Writing for The Conversation, Sophie Lively discusses how class and masculinity are connected and that when industry changes, ...

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology is being launched by the ...