At a Newcastle debate on “Manchesterism”, Kim McGuinness and a panel of regional policy experts confronted a question that reaches across the North: what is growth worth if people cannot feel its benefits?
Northorpe Hall’s Holiday Hampers Appeal brings together a West Yorkshire charity, young volunteers and Kirklees Council to support young people leaving care. With donations needed by 18 November, everyday essentials and festive treats will carry a simple message: your community is thinking of you
From football conversations with global audiences to stories rooted in a single neighbourhood, podcasting offers Northern creators considerable possibilities. A new Liverpool conference will explore the skills, relationships and business decisions behind the microphone - and MagNorth readers can get 10% off tickets
An anti-racism workshop, a kickabout and five goals at Hillsborough brought Stand & Be Counted’s Soap Box group together with Sheffield Wednesday. Behind the scoreline lies a question about who gets to participate in a city’s shared life
Take another look inside the Yorkshire workshop where boutique guitar amplifiers are made by hand. It’s where Drew Colson is on a mission to create a sound that's entirely his own. But things don’t always go to plan
A new report puts substantial figures against culture’s contribution to Cumbria. But from Theatre by the Lake’s community touring to the young creatives struggling to build careers close to home, its most urgent finding concerns the people and connections that make that value possible - and what regional leaders must do to sustain them
At HMP Preston, bestselling crime writer Lee Child is helping to put half a million books into the hands of prisoners across Britain. Clair Challenor-Chadwick visits the Victorian prison to discover whether the power of a good story might help break the cycle of disadvantage, crime and reoffending
As SA Performing Arts Centre marks a quarter-century in Newcastle, its anniversary offers a timely companion to our conversation with Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen: a story about the people, relationships and places that help the North East’s creativity grow
Living costs, the NHS and the economy dominate Britain’s concerns. Behind those national findings lie substantial differences in income, health and opportunity. For the North, the question is how to protect the everyday conditions that allow people to belong, create and participate
Ben Robinson knew Charlotte as his great-grandmother. Years later, her surviving wartime letters revealed a young woman living through love, separation and uncertainty. Here, he reflects on the Yorkshire family archive that inspired his book - and why ordinary lives deserve to be remembered
From the decisions that shape our neighbourhoods to the information we trust, politics runs through everyday life. At Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival, John Curtice, Jonathan Sumption and John Sergeant offer three routes into understanding how power works - and how we hold it to account
At a Newcastle debate on “Manchesterism”, Kim McGuinness and a panel of regional policy experts confronted a question that reaches across the North: what is growth worth if people cannot feel its benefits?
Northorpe Hall’s Holiday Hampers Appeal brings together a West Yorkshire charity, young volunteers and Kirklees Council to support young people leaving care. With donations needed by 18 November, everyday essentials and festive treats will carry a simple message: your community is thinking of you
From football conversations with global audiences to stories rooted in a single neighbourhood, podcasting offers Northern creators considerable possibilities. A new Liverpool conference will explore the skills, relationships and business decisions behind the microphone - and MagNorth readers can get 10% off tickets
An anti-racism workshop, a kickabout and five goals at Hillsborough brought Stand & Be Counted’s Soap Box group together with Sheffield Wednesday. Behind the scoreline lies a question about who gets to participate in a city’s shared life
Take another look inside the Yorkshire workshop where boutique guitar amplifiers are made by hand. It’s where Drew Colson is on a mission to create a sound that's entirely his own. But things don’t always go to plan
A new report puts substantial figures against culture’s contribution to Cumbria. But from Theatre by the Lake’s community touring to the young creatives struggling to build careers close to home, its most urgent finding concerns the people and connections that make that value possible - and what regional leaders must do to sustain them
At HMP Preston, bestselling crime writer Lee Child is helping to put half a million books into the hands of prisoners across Britain. Clair Challenor-Chadwick visits the Victorian prison to discover whether the power of a good story might help break the cycle of disadvantage, crime and reoffending
As SA Performing Arts Centre marks a quarter-century in Newcastle, its anniversary offers a timely companion to our conversation with Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen: a story about the people, relationships and places that help the North East’s creativity grow
Living costs, the NHS and the economy dominate Britain’s concerns. Behind those national findings lie substantial differences in income, health and opportunity. For the North, the question is how to protect the everyday conditions that allow people to belong, create and participate
Ben Robinson knew Charlotte as his great-grandmother. Years later, her surviving wartime letters revealed a young woman living through love, separation and uncertainty. Here, he reflects on the Yorkshire family archive that inspired his book - and why ordinary lives deserve to be remembered
From the decisions that shape our neighbourhoods to the information we trust, politics runs through everyday life. At Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival, John Curtice, Jonathan Sumption and John Sergeant offer three routes into understanding how power works - and how we hold it to account
