Powerful schools theatre tour Tackling Violence Against Women And Girls reaches Tameside

As Kielder Forest marks the centenary of its first planting in April 2026, the public is being invited to celebrate a triumph of renewal: a vast northern woodland born from national purpose. But beneath that official story lies another one - of First World War survivors, long interwar depression, coerced labour, and unemployed men sent into remote camps in return for the means to live.

Government support for clean energy plans is welcome - but the real question is whether the UK is finally ready to trust northern regions, and their universities, to lead the industrial transition.

A vivid new public artwork might look like play - but in Morecambe it signals something more serious. Through Deco Publique’s sustained programme, culture is being used as infrastructure to reshape how the town works, feels and connects.

Young people across the North of England are leaving the UK in record numbers - not for a gap year, but for a future they feel they can’t build at home

This Easter, as conflict deepens across the Middle East, MagNorth looks beyond the headlines - from a kidnapping in Baghdad to grassroots journalism in the West Bank. A story of commitment, connection, and why their voices are also ours.

The North Yorkshire town that 'gets' how culture and the outdoors can play a powerful role in tackling isolation and supporting wellbeing

A plant restart that tells a bigger story

In the sound of the curlew lies the spirit of the uplands - and this spring, Nidderdale is answering that call with music, walking and a shared commitment to conservation.

A Big Birthday for two of our favourite NYM destinations

Where the Vale of York gives way to the chalk uplands of the Wolds - recent archaeological finds confirm East Yorkshire settlement as key historic intersection

A new food event at Masham Town Hall will see Michelin-starred chef Frances Atkins lead a team of Yorkshire chefs in creating a four-course feast using ingredients sourced from across the Nidderdale National Landscape.

Deep beneath the North Sea lie vast sandstone formations capable of storing billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide. As the UK scales up carbon capture and storage, the Yorkshire coast and Humber Estuary could become a crucial gateway between heavy industry and offshore carbon reservoirs.

In Helmsley, Dutch writer Marjolijn van Heemstra invites us to do something quietly radical: sit at the threshold of night, leave the lights off, and remember that the world is made of transitions

Half-Term wonder - and the North York Moors’ plan to change how we light the night

Woodshare: Cumbria’s Innovative Community Scheme

£1.5k is all that's needed to get this epic Morecambe festival over the line

Festival returns this July with a diverse 10-day programme

Manchester-founded jazz favourites The Easy Rollers begin their 10th anniversary tour tonight, celebrating ten years of swing, style and irresistible live energy

Ahead of Lost In Transit Theatre’s northern tour of 1984, Christine Mackie talks to MagNorth about recasting O’Brien as a woman, why Orwell feels more urgent than ever, and why, in tough times, theatre still needs “kindness and creativity”.

Award-winning soprano Claire Booth takes the helm in South Yorkshire

Melanie Macharia on Soul Safari, belonging and bringing Kenya to Manchester

From Culture Start to a global summit, Sunderland is saying that culture isn’t a side strategy - it’s the system.

Liverpool's ERL Gallery revisits the history of South African exile in Britain in its upcoming exhibition