Cuts. Cuts, cuts, cuts and deficit. It’s a repetitive time, ‘an age of austerity’ to give the soundbite. To reflect the moods of the times, whatever they may be, is a challenge. ‘Cuts’ are still things that are unknown, not quite fully fledged enough to be an understood reality – but a question is being asked around how this onslaught can be reflected in art.
The Coalition of Artists is a new group trying to encourage creative folks to come together, to create whatever they can to reflect people’s thoughts, fears or encouragement of the Government’s plans for deficit reduction.
As Gari Sullivan, one of the founders of the group, explains: “The idea was [view more…]
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Comedian and Geordie extraordinaire Simon Donald spoke to a full house at the Lit and Phil this week, talking about his time co-founding the Viz and the people behind the now iconic magazine.
We spoke to him before his talk, about what to expect and his future plans. We also had a little fun with the stair lift for no particular reason.
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Well the Winner for our Scott Pilgrim Competition was a Karen Potter, the lucky sod. There’ll be another chance to win tickets for the Tyneside soon through our weekly newsletter, so don’t fret if you didn’t win. You’ll be a winner someday.
Original announcement from Aug 20
That’s right another competition involving two tickets for The Tyneside Cinema for gratis, free, nada and why not one more – nothing.
The question will be in the Newsletter next week, so make sure you’ve subscribed to our weekly email full of the best kyeo.tv content of the week and we’ll be drawing a name randomly from the correct answers, and the Chosen One will get two tickets to see Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.
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VBS.TV, part of Vice UK, are continuing their Rule Britannia series with a look at how you train freshly inducted soldiers to fight.
The five part series follows the training regime of 2nd Para in a mock Afghanistan village in Norwich, dealing with ex-pat Afghanis and Gurkhas employed by the army to act as Afghan civilians, Taliban and suicide bombers.
Andy Capper, the producer of the documentary, said: [view more…]
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I could take you an on obvious journey. Bang on a little about the depths of our insignificance and what looking up to the sky can do to blow the mind, but it all seems a little overdone. Space. That ole chestnut of being the final frontier and all that.
That’s not to say the affect doesn’t still ring true. There is a natural drive and fascination with the unknown, it’s a quality of the human condition. In Kielder, the place known for its water, an award winning observatory is available – and exceptionally gracious – to strangers coming along wanting to ask unanswerable questions and strain their neck muscles with mouths gawking.
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Cuts. Cuts, cuts, cuts and deficit. It’s a repetitive time, ‘an age of austerity’ to give the soundbite. To reflect the moods of the times, whatever they may be, is a challenge. ‘Cuts’ are still things that are unknown, not quite fully fledged enough to be an understood reality – but a question is being asked around how this onslaught can be reflected in art.
