There is little I enjoy more during December than eating out with Kieran, friends or family members I don’t see as much. This year our poor North East hospitality industry has been dealt yet another blow this year with the Tier 3 restrictions through December. Many of them have adapted as best ...
Christmas Jumper Day for 2020 is fast approaching, this year it is Friday 11th December and like always all money raised goes to Save the Children UK. You can read more about the official event, register for a pack if you’re in a school or office that is taking part, or just learn about the ...
The end of November usually sees the arrival of Christmas markets in cities across the UK, and aside from the odd one like Edinburgh’s Christmas and London’s Winter Wonderland, they only last a couple of weeks before disappearing in early December. This year though for Christmas 2020, and like ...
I usually like to go up to Newcastle early morning at a weekend to see Fenwick’s window, a few days after it has been unveiled, but this year like 250,000 people all all over the world I watched the virtual event that was live streamed on Facebook on Sunday night. This year the Fenwick’s window ...
I thought I’d do my monthly round up a little early this year, as I always feel like from the end of December you should look forwards to the next year rather than backwards. It would seem a bit wrong to talk about all my festive goings on once Christmas is over too, so here’s my December…
The most Christmassy place I’ve ever been. Thats the summarised version basically. The quaintest most surreal theme park and gardens that I’ve ever experienced are just ten times more of that at Christmas time. I knew it would be, but Christmas at Tivoli was every bit as festive as I hoped.