Artist Barrie West and University of Sunderland lecturer Angela Sandwith present a recycled show in a shopping centre, including the cot Sandwith once played in.

Find out about a pair of shoes which were handmade in Paris for a dancer during the 1920s but illustrate a design style still prevalent in swish footwear almost a century on.

A four-day festival of rides on the eight resident trams, behind-the-scenes tours and talks are taking place to celebrate 40 years of heritage railway heroics at the Beamish.

Planners have begun consulting on plans to create a landscape-inspired visitor centre and youth hostel at The Sill, within the famous Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.

National Portrait Gallery images of pioneering female scientists from history visit a forthcoming show in Newcastle which aims to inspire the inventive minds of the future.

The set of tapestries made by Grayson Perry, inspired by meeting communities around the country, will start a national tour in Sunderland.

The nation's biggest drawing event challenges people of all ages, talents and backgrounds to get involved in artistic activities taking place throughout October.

Heritage Open Days returns this September with more than 4,500 sites offering free entry to visitors. Start planning your weekend by taking a look at some of our favourites.

The London-based artist uses traditional material to tackle fresh social problems in a show which adds another dimension to his diverse oeuvre.

Three site specific commissions at BALTIC fit with two film pieces in Mark Wallinger's largest UK show in more than a decade.

Last Monday, Martin Boyce won the 2011 Turner Prize at a lavish awards bash at Gateshead's BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Mark Sheerin was there to see it - almost.

Artists are increasingly running independent spaces - home to some of the most innovative, diverse and stimulating art exhibitions around today.

Sixty years ago, bells rang around the world celebrating the end of WW2. Read more about UK commemorations and the museums whose collections mark the conflict.

Does anyone have the answer to this city mystery? Read on for the peculiar case of the Vampire Rabbit...

This intimate memory of Scotswood Road in Newcastle was sent in by Mark, who used the City Heritage Guide's Storymaker program to input it. Pictures from Jimmy Forsyth's wonderful photographic record of the area, made famous in his Side Gallery exhibitions and book, are included to set the scene visually.

December 17, 2003 marks 100 years since the Wright Brothers made the first powered flight. Check out our trail for the best places to be on this historic occasion.

For those of you unable to get to the south coast for the Brighton Photo Biennial 2003 we have put together a trail of some of the best photography galleries, collections and exhibition spaces in the UK.

A trail of agricultural museums in the South West of England.

The city's wealth and trading links attracted settlers from Europe for centuries: it's had a great impact on the city’s economy, society and institutions.

Behind new developments that have have transformed Newcastle into a city of culture lie clues to the city's role in World War Two.