From Chapter One of Audrey Brunton's autobiography 'That's All I Can Tell Yer: My Life in Sunderland from 1930 to 2020'
One day in 1912 my mam, who was aged seventeen, was looking at the blouses in the window of Liverpool House in High Street East. A nice fair-haired young...
Artist Anthony Amoaka-Attah has brought his award-winning skills to the University of Sunderland all the way from Ghana.
The 30-year-old chose to study at the University due to its glass-based programmes and facilities.
Now Anthony is celebrating winning the Aspiring Glass Artists prize at the Glass Prize Awards 2020 for his...
Sunderland's Summer Streets has confirmed a list of replacement video acts for the Festival
The annual not-for-profit music, arts and community festival, which usually takes place in Sunderland every July, was cancelled by the government.
Thanks to an Arts Council England Emergency Fund grant, they have confirmed these internet "events":
• Family...
Professor E. Michael Jones has had all of his books purged by Amazon
Professor Jones is the latest person to be struck off the list at Amazon, the titan of e-commerce that has profited so much from the lockdowns.
Amazon has come a long way since 1998, when Jeff Bezos, one...
As the lockdown causes students to use the internet instead of real classrooms and theatres, Dr Adelle Hulsmeier asked hers to reinterpret Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as a Facebook exchange, and she says the results have been “outstanding”
The Senior Lecturer in Performing arts and Screen performance explained:...
A University of Sunderland art student feared he had lost months of work after he left his design portfolio on a Metro.
David Byrne was due to hand in his final year project just days after he realised his prized work had gone missing.
But thanks to vigilant Metro staff, the...
A writer who has created some of the UK’s best-known TV shows is to become a visiting professor at the University of Sunderland.
David Quantick has worked on programmes including The Thick of It, The Day Today, Brass Eye and TV Burp.
David has also written for radio, coming up with...
A graduate of the University of Sunderland has won a prestigious Emmy Award – for his work with James Corden and Paul McCartney.
Emmy Awards are American prizes that recognise excellence in the television industry. And, just over a week ago, Sunderland graduate James Longman scooped an Emmy for his...
Two graduates from the University of Sunderland have made a film about two of the city’s most famous – and sometimes infamous – nightclubs.
The documentary is about the Blue Monkey nightclub and the New Monkey that followed it.
The film, entitled Two Monkeys, is by digital film production graduates Rob...
Holy Trinity Church in the East End of Sunderland will be undergoing extensive restoration work over the next 12 months.
An event to promote the conservation efforts of local community groups and trusts will be held on Saturday 6th July and aims to raise awareness of Sunderland's rich history.
The Canny...
