Tag: Northumbria

Sycamore Gap – Artist’s Responses to the Destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in the Northumberland Now! exhibition at Woodhorn

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Woodhorn Museum, Ashington - Until May 6 2024. Annual ticket - £9.50 Adult / £8.50 Concession On the night of the 27th – 28th September 2023, during storm Agnes – the first named autumn storm, disaster befell Sycamore Gap.  The next morning the iconic sycamore tree was discovered to have gone over in the storm … Continue reading Sycamore Gap – Artist’s Responses to the Destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in the Northumberland Now! exhibition at Woodhorn

The interesting artwork inside the church of St Gregory the Great, Kirknewton.

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Kirknewton, Northern Northumberland. Inside the entrance vestibule to the church of St Gregory the Great in Kirknewton is an artwork commissioned and put in place to commemorate the centenary of the passing of Josephine Butler.  Butler, niece of the Whig Prime Minister Earl Grey, was a social reformer who championed women’s rights in the latter … Continue reading The interesting artwork inside the church of St Gregory the Great, Kirknewton.