Guardian Professional,19 Jul 2013:
Boris who? Robert Grisdale explains how a student project became a viable bike business thanks to academic expertise
9 Apr 2013:
Last week, the 26-year-old journalist was found dead in Newcastle while making a film about homelessness. His friend Alex Lockwood, a journalism lecturer, speaks of his admiration and sense of loss
If you fancy a plate of Oildown, Wearside next month is the place to be. The Olympic Games' Davids are here in the north, as well as the Goliaths such as China
Does the latest loudhailer in the online clamour for attention risk drowning small players out? Dan Carson from Sunderland and the Abacus Post thinks so
Plato thought so. Now his remedy, and an equally stern one from Thomas Hobbes, appear in a new book on dieting from Sunderland - along with kinder suggestions from John Locke and others
Another slant on the who, whats, whens and whys of how Sunderland became the north-east's hotbed of musical creativity. Dan Carson speaks to today's young musicians and promoters on Wearside
David Brewis of Field Music takes issue with yesterday's Guardian Northerner post, recalling the free-wheeling, spirited genesis of the city's contemporary music and the role of an inspirational youth worker
Northerner arts shaman Alan Sykes enjoys the end-of-term show of a venerable residency for artists which is facing mothballing because of spending cuts