I was at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle last Thursday evening, waiting for Madame Butterfly to begin, when I turned to my friend and asked if she'd been watching Coronation Street recently.  Yes I have she replied, even though... Read more

North Country Theatre Artistic Director: Nobby Dimon  http://www.northcountrytheatre.com/artdir.html has directed yet another play which was absolutely oar-some.  The matinée production was staged, once again, at the Hutton Rudb... Read more

Tea Time Morsels is a collection of bite-size tales, based on ordinary people's lives and made all the more remarkable due to their many delightful twists. The stories are portrayed through a varying age range of characters, thereby reflecting v... Read more

Happy New Year Everyone! Perhaps it's due to December's inhospitable weather why everything is being rescheduled for this month, which in turn is making time fly and life so busy.     Firstly, there's more good news on the Sham... Read more

Who mentioned snowballing? Here in North Yorkshire we are now covered in the stuff.  Liz Foster and Alyson Lewis: the two practitioners, who were mentioned in the Shambelurkling and Other Stories dedication, are delighted with the book and are l... Read more

  Promoting the anthology began in earnest after receiving ten copies of Shambelurkling and Other Stories through the post on Friday.  Unlike the download version, which was printed on A4 white paper, the actual book looks completely... Read more

  Shambelurkling and Other Stories is an anthology that has been presented by: The Pages Magazine editor, Marit Meredith; a tireless fundraiser for children's worthy causes. The anthology is comprised of children's poems and short stori... Read more

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Into the Yell is Sarah James's full-length poetry collection, whose title immediately intrigues and hooks you into its pages from the outset - symbolically earmarking a powerful and creative resonance of enri... Read more

The libraries in and around the area where I live, have been selling off books, priced at £1 for a carrier bag full.  Altogether, I filled three carrier bags (as if we haven't got enough books, we're drowning in them!).  They we... Read more

From Wensleydale to the Wild West, an epic tale of struggle, endurance and buffalo droppings! On Saturday, eight of our friends (five couples altogether) travelled a short distance and met up at the Hutton Rudby Village Hall to watch a play ent... Read more