A University of Sunderland graduate has been nominated for a prestigious award as part of the UK’s largest animation festival.
The annual Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) celebrates the animated art form and the artists behind it.
Animation graduate Alex Collier joins other University alumni heading up the nominations at this year’s...
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...
BRITISH Empire Medals (BEM) have been presented for outstanding services and devotion to the community.
The five BEMs were all presented on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen by the Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear Mrs Susan Winfield OBE.
The presentations were made at a civic reception in the Mayor's...
A pioneering music programme which will nurture, develop, and produce the music artists of the future is set to launch at the University of Sunderland.
The BA (Hons) Modern Music Industries course will be led by some of the North East’s most prolific musicians.
The programme will be run by the...
Review: The Standing Water (Steel String Books) by David Castleton
Some books may be pleasant, easy reads – novels that cosily confirm us in our worldview, our habits and opinions. Other books seize us by the lapels, shake us, drag us to an imaginary window and force us to see...
The debate surrounding the death penalty was pushed into the spotlight in the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency when he carried out more federal executions than any other president in almost 200 years.
Now, a new book by North East academics delves back into the history of public executions...
Spend this Christmas Eve in deep space
While many have felt restricted by lockdown, a group of filmmakers took the opportunity to launch a new creative enterprise – and launched it 33 million miles into space.
Andrew T. Smith graduated from the University of Sunderland with a MA in Film and...
An array of complimentary events will honour Sunderland's abundant history as a component of this year's Heritage Open Days, which stands as England's most extensive festival highlighting history and culture.
The festival begins Friday 8 September, and the free events will run until Sunday 17 September.
This year’s theme is ‘Creativity...
New Enterprise Studios CIC, headquartered in Sunderland, England celebrate the success of their first official Open Day. This event was held on Saturday Oct 2nd, 2021.
New Enterprise Studios was delighted by the attendance of The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Sunderland, Councillor Henry (Harry) Trueman and...
Sunderland’s Summer Streets music festival will return this year, but the event will have a new home.
Summer Streets – which this year will be part of the Tall Ships Race – will move from its traditional site of Thompson Park, Southwick, to Seaburn Recreation Park.
The festival, which will take...
