JESMONDLOCAL

Festive Shindig draws crowds to Legion

Crafts and concerts bring locals to Jesmond Legion to get in the festive mood, as Eliza Fayer writes

Annual fashion show raises more than £3,000 in one night for charity counselling young people

Akeem Favor and Carla Fitoiu look back at Oxfam’s comic book weekender by way of an interactive graphic novel

Carla Fitoiu attends the first Vintage Fair at Jesmond Library and finds how the event will help support the venue

Elena Campbell talks to Yve Ngoo, who is hosting fabric-based workshops in the coming month

Six singers from The Sage Gateshead perform at a local church this weekend. Steph Passmoor meets one young star of the future

Though Jesmond Library closes today as a council-funded entity, its community bus service continues to year end, reports Jonny Brown

Two RGS students will be performing Iranian playwright’s on-the-spot script this weekend. Elena Campbell meets one of the actors

Three brothers have created a niche teahouse by Newcastle University, for those who want a more sedate night out. Alice Madgwick grabs a cuppa

Click on our interactive graphic to hear interviews with Jesmond’s leading lights