SUNDERLAND Culture has been awarded £341,777 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Sunderland Culture is one of 1,385 cultural and creative organisations across the country who have received some much needed support. £257 million of investment […]
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The Cultural Springs: How the arts have brought the community closer together during lockdown
The past few days have seen a storm of controversy around apparent Government ‘contempt’ for the UK’s arts and creative industries (A&CI). First, Chancellor Rishi Sunak provoked anger with comments which, while mis-reported, created the perception that ministers saw careers in A&CI as somehow ‘disposable’. But then came a government […]
Satan, nine-foot Romans and a mass execution … welcome to Tyne & Weird!
COVID-weary folk wanting a break from the current craziness can take a look back at past weird happenings, thanks to a University of Sunderland graduate. Film-maker Rob Kilburn has turned his hand to writing for his latest project, examining strange tales-of-old from across the North East. Folklore, urban legends, […]
8 Places in Sunderland: Then and Now
Sunderland is a city with a rich history and everywhere you look there is a place with a long and beautiful story to tell. Explore the history of eight places in Sunderland, by seeing how they used to look in the past and how they look now.
It’s Friday …and now for something completely different :-)
THE weekend is finally here, and we at SR News want you, our dear readers, to take a break from all the Covid-19 talk and enjoy some of the happier stories and videos from this past week. Communicating cat Yes, you read that right! LadBible shared a wonderful video […]
Sunderland Illuminations to light the skies
For many years now, it has been tradition to have Roker seafront lit up with lights through the Autumn. Despite the pandemic, this year is no different. From Friday 9 October, Roker and Seaburn seafront will again be awash with colourful lights as the annual light show is turned on […]
Hot Rats record shop hopes to be ‘Boomtown Rats’ for UK Album Day
NATIONAL Album Day will be hoping to hit a high note as it returns for its third year. The event aims to celebrate music albums and what they mean to fans. Taking place tomorrow (Saturday, October 10), this year’s theme is the 80s, a period voted as Britain’s favourite […]
Award-winning poet Alistair Robinson launches his latest collection
POET and University of Sunderland lecturer Alistair Robinson has launched his third collection of poetry. “As Blind as Rain” is Alistair’s third collection published by Red Squirrel Press, following Stereograms Of The Dead, published in 2009, and The Land Before Yoghurt, published in 2014. His latest work follows themes he […]
New survey reveals workplace discrimination in the arts and cultural sector
A NEW report has revealed that 74% of workers in the arts and cultural sectors across the North East have experienced or witnessed discrimination, harassment or mistreatment. The North East Cultural Worker Discrimination, Harassment and Mistreatment (DHM) Survey Report, is the result of a “strong concern for our cultural […]
Britain’s first black magazine editor to be commemorated next month
BRITAIN’S first black magazine editor is to be commemorated on October 15, with a ceremonial blue plaque in the heart of Sunderland. Celestine Edwards, a famous 19th century anti-racist campaigner and journalist, lived and worked in Sunderland and played a major role in bringing about the abolition of slavery […]