
Season’s Greetings Review
An extended family combined with Christmas chaos, creates comedy gold in Season's Greetings at the New Vic theatre thanks to genius Alan Ayckbourn.
As Christmas Eve gets underway finishing touches to the decorations at Neville (Matt Addis)…

Foster carers take centre stage for national campaign
Staffordshire’s foster carers are taking centre stage for Foster Care Fortnight celebrations.
Bonny Sandford and Jayne Vause are leading the county’s celebrations for the annual event - which started on 9 May 2022 - to raise the profile…

Rotary Club adding sparkle everywhere they go
A Newcastle-under-Lyme Rotary Club are storming ahead with an array of activities aimed to put a sparkle on their local community.
For the last few months, members of Wolstanton Rotary Club have been busy taking part in litter picking around…

Shortlist for Arnold Bennett Book Prize 2022
Poetry, two crime novels and a novella have made the shortlist for this year’s Arnold Bennett Book Prize.
The international prize, which was established in 2017 to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Bennett, attracted many…

Local care village operator to feature in Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Album
Not-for-profit care village operator and dementia specialist Belong, which has a location on Lower Street, in Newcastle-under-Lyme - has been chosen to feature in the official publication of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations alongside…

Thousands Celebrate Staffordshire Day
Thousands of people from across Staffordshire turned out for the county’s seventh Staffordshire Day celebrations which took place on Sunday 1 May.
A film festival, artisan markets and Instameets were amongst the events and activities which…

Hats off to Holly for museum Exhibition
THE Brampton Museum is home to another brand new exciting exhibition for 2022.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has teamed up with local hat-maker Holly Johnson, a former Newcastle Common artist-in-residence, who has curated a delightful…

Jane Eyre at the New Vic
A fresh adaptation of the classic novel Jane Eyre will take to the New Vic stage, with a script co-commissioned by the theatre-in-the-round.
This new version of Jane Eyre, a co-production with the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, will…

Happy Jack Review – New Vic Theatre
Happy Jack is a two man play at the New Vic theatre - here Baba's Reviewer Mel Osborne shares her thoughts...
The play, which was originally written by the award winning John Godber in 1981, has been revived by the Godber company.…

Feast of live events for Staffordshire Day 2022
A film festival, artisan markets, InstaMeets and a host of activities in outdoor attractions are among the headline events for the annual Staffordshire Day celebrations on Sunday 1st May.
With less than a month to go, organisers Enjoy Staffordshire…

Emmaus North Staffs helping to develop employment skills with workshops open to the public
A series of workshops aimed at developing employment skills have been launched by a North Staffordshire Charity.
Emmaus North Staffs received funding from the European Social Fund to provide the free woodwork sessions, which will run until…
