Durham Rounds off Chinese New Year with Lantern Festival
On January 28th, Durham held celebrations to welcome in Chinese New Year. A spectacular lion dance, a martial arts display and a Chinese craft...
Durham Hosts Interactive Somme Play
A new interactive play staged at a Durham venue will help theatregoers get a feel for what life was like during the Somme, the...
County Durham Woman Awarded Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry
A County Durham writer has won the prestigious Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry.
Gillian Allnutt, who has taught creative writing at Durham University and who...
Behind Every Great Man there is a Great Woman?
We live in interesting times, do we not? Currently we have the enervating spectacle of our politicians fighting it out on both sides of...
Ex-Pit Village to Get ‘Gateway’ from Top Sculptor
A County Durham former pit village will soon have a stunning ‘gateway’-type sculpture in its centre. Ushaw Moor will host the opening ceremony of...
Durham Lumiere Festival and the Fresh Cultural Light Expose
A spectacular of sound and light will grace our City again in 2017.
The City of Durham is well known worldwide for its cultural heritage,...
Local Art Group Produce Textiles for Durham Cathedral Exhibition
Members of Shadforth Art Group have made a number of textiles which will be hung in the community galleries in Durham Cathedral’s Open Treasure...
The Songs of War – Concert to Feature Songs of Durham...
A concert is to be held featuring songs written by inmates of HMP Frankland, a top security, category A prison near Durham City.
The musicians...
Durham to Stage Exhibition on Hearing Voices
Durham is due to stage the world’s first exhibition on the topic of hearing voices. The exhibition, which will be held in the Palace...
Werewolves, Dragons, Dances of Death and Boy Bishops – Medieval Theatre...
Durham City is to host a twelve-day festival of medieval theatre. Taking place between July 1st and July 12th, Theatrum Mundi will stage the...
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