Charles Dickens

In the year when many appreciators of literary arts celebrate the two hundreth anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens and an ‘In Love with Charles Dickens Week’ on Sky Arts TV, we asked our feature writer Seamus Doran (a solicitor in his own right) to take a look at some of the formidable lawyer [...]

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Gala Celebrations at the Theatre Royal

George the Third as well as losing America gave the Theatre Royal its charter and February marks the Queen of Grey Street’s 175th birthday. What was lost with America we gained here in the North East with perhaps the best theatre in the country. To mark this milestone and to celebrate the old girls make [...]

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