I’m chairing this event with Christy Ducker and Bob Beagrie on 7th February as we chat about inspiration and dig into the RLF’s archive. Free to attend and tickets available here: tinyurl.com/55zzkfda

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Beautiful day for a visit to Saltburn with @tenpennydreams.bsky.social 🌊 #NewYearsEve #SaltburnByTheSea

Glad to have made it back to Preston Park Museum on the final day of #Corridors for another look at this beautiful installation by Rebecca Louise Law. Looking forward to more exhibitions in the wonderful new #SpenceBuilding in 2026 (check out Preston Park's annual museum pass - well worth it!).

A grey but peaceful start to the day 🦢 #Sunday (in case you'd lost track!)

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Looking for a new opportunity in the new year? Pocklington Arts Centre is seeking someone with proven leadership experience at a senior level in an arts organisation to be their new Venue Director. If this could be you, find out more and apply here: pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk/pocklington-...

Perfect way to end my gig year, at the Christmas edition of the Hope & Social Club at The Attic in Leeds. So much love for this band and the wonderful friends I've made through them. Good times, and looking forward to more next year 💙🤍✨️ #HopeAndSocialClub

✨️ Had the most magical visit to @castlehowardestate.bsky.social today to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 🌈 #ChristmasAtCastleHoward

Superb stuff from Cattle & Cane and Our Man In The Field at ARC tonight ✨️ #LiveMusic #StocktonOnTees

Merry Christmas, Kim Hellberg 🙌🎅 #UTB

Lovely Sunday afternoon at Who-Ray in Stockton celebrating the launch of @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social's latest play, #Patchwuff 🐶✨️

⏰ There's still time to join Future Arts Centres’ Most Significant Change (MSC) training programme for 2026. ✨ Available to both members and non-members, this is a chance to build practical evaluation skills, share learning, and strengthen impact across the arts and community sector 👇

Really special to see the brilliant Ross Leighton back in Middlesbrough, playing an absolutely magical Sunday Social show for Middlesbrough Gigs in the Courtroom at Middlesbrough Town Hall ✨️ Superb support set from Melanie Baker, too 👌 Perfect way to round off the weekend.

#UTB 🙌🙌

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Any arts or community organisation in the UK can apply to join 👇

#LeedsLeedsLeeds Not a bad way to spend a Wednesday...

✨️ Beautiful night with Hope & Social and the Light Organ (Artists Adam Glatherine and Akeelah Bertram and Creative Technologist Simon Fletcher) at The Attic, Leeds 💙 #HopeAndSocialClub #Leeds

There really is no-one quite like Elaine Palmer. Fabulous show at The Waiting Room tonight, with support from the brilliant Robyn Errico ✨️

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From one 20th anniversary celebration to another... 🎶 Incredible day at the #BigBoroBash at Middlesbrough Town Hall, marking 20 years since @theyounguns.bsky.social's first gig together. Teesside as anything, and I loved every minute ❤️

Fantastic night with the inimitable @fieldmusicmusic.bsky.social at the Fire Station, Sunderland, as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album 🎶 #FieldMusic #FireStation #FireStationSunderland #Sunderland #SunderlandMusicCity

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WE ARE THE BORO! 😍

#UTFB ❤️✨️

'Arts centres, like universities, are places where new ideas and new ways of seeing the world are explored.' Michael Eades, Head of Civic Engagement at Goldsmiths, University of London, in @artsprofessional.co.uk on the partnership with Future Arts Centres www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...

📢 We’re delighted to share that Future Arts Centres has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social - marking the start of a new partnership grounded in shared values of creativity, community, and civic engagement. 🔗 Learn more: futureartscentres.org.uk/future-arts-...

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Saturday in #Bradford 📚☕️🎭

Ending October with reflections from our recent Members’ Meeting which tackled the capital challenge head-on. From urgent repairs to future-proofing, the message was clear: arts centres are civic infrastructure. Investing in them means investing in community: futureartscentres.org.uk/building-for...

💡 Arts centres are delivering culture with purpose - supporting wellbeing, learning, and local regeneration. Future Arts Centres’ latest Sector Insight Report shows a resilient, community-rooted sector ready to lead - with the right support. 📖 Read it here: futureartscentres.org.uk/new-sector-i...

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All you'll need is here 💙 The brilliant Hope & Social at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social last night ✨️

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Gorgeous set from Yoshika Colwell, opening for Fionn Regan in Great Ayton last night ✨️

Fantastic night at The Waiting Room with Chris Helme & Simon Snaize. Great way to round off the weekend! 👌

Change of location this Sunday morning, and a beautiful river walk by the Tees at Preston Park ☀️🍂

Just a few highlights from today's #TwisterellaFest, another brilliant day of live music in the heart of Boro 🙌❤️ #UTB

Happy 10th birthday, @drakebookshop.bsky.social! 🥳 🥂 📚 Starting Saturday with a visit to Stockton. Would have been rude not to, wouldn't it? On #BookshopDay as well! My favourite bookshop, and one of Teesside's best independents 🧡 #ChooseBookshops @booksaremybag.bsky.social

One of my all-time favourite bands ❤️ Brilliant night watching Idlewild at @boilershop.bsky.social in Newcastle 🙌

Brilliant evening in conversation with the Northern Writers Panel of Christy Ducker, David Mark and @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social talking about writing and place at Sunderland Libraries' City Library. Thanks to the writers and @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social for this insightful,entertaining session!

👻👻 Getting in the spooky season mood? I'm running an online writing workshop focused on the ghost story this month! 👻👻 📆 Wednesday 22 October, 7pm Book here: www.amylordauthor.com/events 🎃 #WritingCommunity

Fantastic night with Hope & Social at @thecrescentyork.bsky.social 💙 Roll on @nathbrudenell.bsky.social in two weeks' time! 🙌

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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The brilliant John Bramwell at Middlesbrough Cathedral tonight ✨️

Truly wonderful night with Barry Hyde and Faithful Johannes (@fjwords.bsky.social) at Hark! The Sound of Stories at Darlington Library ✨️ (Well worth the trip down the A66 on a wet and windy Friday night!) #HARK @tracksdarlington.bsky.social

Brilliant day at S&DR200 in Stockton town centre watching Southpaw Company's #STEAM, and #GhostTrain: The Arrival by Avanti Display and Walk the Plank 🚂 ✨️ #SDR200 #StocktonAndDarlingtonRailway

Who knew there was such beautiful music to be made with a bunch of toy instruments?! Fun, chilled out Tuesday night at the Hope & Social Club at The Attic, Leeds ✨️💙