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Coxsoft Art News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today the National Gallery in London opened a touring exhibition which has already been seen in Bristol and Newcastle upon Tyne. It's simply called Love . You'll find it in the Sunley Room until 5 October, admission free. It looks something of a cobbled-together mess. What has Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's The Banquet of Cleopatra (1740s) got to do with love? And why include modern rubbish such as David...
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The Sun (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
DWARF burglar Lee Kildare defends his life as a small-time crook as it's the 'only option'
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Boogie Street (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Photographers (Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 ins) The postcard came today and it was good news. I submitted two pictures and they're only allowed to accept one. So I'm delighted to say they made the right choice and this picture will be in the People Show. You can see it, if you have a mind to do so, at the University Gallery, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1 August - 12 September
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
BURGLAR Lee Kildare made short work of raiding houses -'because he is a dwarf.
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
When Thomas Kuhn popularised the term "paradigm shift" in 1962, the philosopher would not have dreamt it could be so abused by technology marketers. Nowadays, this...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
THERE is one last chance to save a slice of the North East's natural heritage, warn conservationists. Two years ago Northumberland Wildlife Trust surveyed rare whin grassland which is only found in Northumberland and limited to areas along the Great Whin Sill rock formation.
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Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Rhas secured an "unfeasibly large" amount of publicity for one of its clients in Viz.
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Microsoft's Small Business Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A couple of free events you may find interesting if you're near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in August or September. On 6 August and 9 September, Microsoft partner, Technology Services Group, is holding two seminars for small businesses to demonstrate how software and services can help you reduce costs and run your business more efficiently. Take a look at our events page for more information and registration...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
THE number of teenagers aged 16 or 17 who are doing nothing may be more than double the official level, according to a new survey.
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
A new scholar paper published on Law and Humanities: The Rochester Wives Ian Ward University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Faculty of Law Law and Humanities, Vol. 2, No. 1 Abstract: During much of the nineteenth century England was gripped by periodic 'lunacy scares'. In large part, these scares addressed a more particular concern regarding 'wrongful confinement'. There was a narrower jurisprudential concern...
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Europe A La Carte Blog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Summer Tyne, a festival of music and art, kicks off in Newcastle upon Tyne on Friday 18th July at 22:00 when a specially constructed temporary bamboo and steel bridge over the River Tyne, is officially completed. This will be the longest bridge of this type to be built. Two riggers will traverse the [...]
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
BALTIC SUMMER aboard the EURODAM
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whitley bay (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
A Canadian director has said she intends to make a film about the life of former IRA informer Martin McGartland. Kari Skogland has already visited Ireland to look for locations and is believed to be considering shooting part of the movie in Belfast. Ms Skogland has bought the rights to the film along with Altitude Entertainment, a [...]
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lauremondon | 05/06/2008
Summer holiday bookings have not suffered despite all the concerns over the economic situation, nor has the strong Euro affected the popularity of holidays in Spain and other favourite holiday destinations in Europe, reports online travel agency Freedom Direct . Holidaymakers know how to find the best holiday deals, and there are plenty of bargain holidays available for summer 2008 – many of them