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Ask any specialist dealer of art, antiques or books and they’ll tell you that finding a hidden gem is far more thrilling and inspiring than selling one. The excitement is…
Ask any specialist dealer of art, antiques or books and they’ll tell you that finding a hidden gem is far more thrilling and inspiring than selling one. The excitement is…
If I could time travel I’d return to the Victorian era and watch invention, creativity and great thinking happen in real time. I’d have to disguise myself as a wealthy…
The internet’s a depressing place filled with ill-considered thoughts, extremist views, trolls and online bullies with their backs to the camera. Do you really like that comment on Facebook? Are you…
Local newspaper, The Journal’s annual Culture Awards have always grabbed my attention and I’ve found myself mostly arguing against rather than agreeing with the choice of winners. Last month I…
It’s Thursday. Thoughts turn to prepping for a weekend of secondhand bookselling. My home is full of banana boxes. Why? Because banana boxes are the perfect size to fill with…
North Shields has changed beyond belief over the past 50 years. Coalmining and fishing industries died leaving a once thriving town twiddling its thumbs, wondering what to do with itself….
I lived in London for 15 years and spent another two living in Cambridge and commuting into the Big Smoke for work. When I first moved there aged 22 I…
Never close the door on your past. Celebrate teenage achievements. Simon Mckay was 15 years old when he started his punk fanzine Eccentric Sleevenotes with his mate, Stephen. It was…
A few years ago Peter “Iron Press” Mortimer used to host a regular spoken word and music evening called Free as a Bard at the Trojan Rooms in Whitley Bay….
It was Paula Rego’s birthday yesterday. I love her work but Anne’s not a fan. Who is Anne and why should it matter what she thinks? Well Anne is Anne…