
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)…

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…

University bids fond farewell to campus bobby
Staffordshire University’s popular on campus police officer is retiring after nearly eight years of university life.
PC Simon Stone, 55 from Newcastle-under-Lyme, has worked as Staffordshire University’s dedicated Police Liaison Officer…

Pothole-busting partnership wins prestigious awards
Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s use of pioneering JCB technology to fix potholes quickly and permanently has won two prestigious industry awards.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council and JCB were high commended in the ‘safety and innovation project…

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…

Inspiring events – open to the public – at Staffordshire University
Staffordshire University is hosting a range of inspirational events throughout MAY.
Visitors from around the world will descend at Staffordshire University from 12-13 May for Noisefloor 2022 - a showcase of original works and ideas from international…

Travis at the Victoria Hall
Travis - on tour with The Invisible Band in Concert across North America and the United Kingdom - will be performing at the Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 14th May.
This marks the first time the seminal album will be played in…

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.…
