Arts & Culture

Meet Ethan Ward of 1892 Football Shirts, bringing vintage and pre-loved football shirts from around the world to the I Love North Shields Vintage Market.

Built on more than 20 years of recycling experience, Vardy & Sons rescues antiques, collectables and curios and connects them with people who will appreciate them.

What began with a wardrobe clear-out soon became a passion for discovering quirky, weird and wonderful vintage treasures.

Put in £1, turn the handle and see what Goblin has chosen for you. This bright orange former arcade machine has been transformed into a miniature art gallery on wheels—and it is coming to the I Love North Shields Vintage Market.

Flea Circus is coming to North Shields. The award-winning Newcastle independent will become the first major trader announced for Common Ground, the ambitious new indoor market taking shape inside the former Wilko at the Beacon Centre.

North East singer-songwriter Oliver Hunt talks finding his voice at 29, discovering The Avett Brothers, writing through heartbreak and hope, and his forthcoming EP Now Leaving ahead of his North Shields live set.

Singer-songwriter Sam Bennett talks songwriting, Glasgow, North Shields and the music that shaped him ahead of his appearance at the I Love North Shields Vintage Market.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST DUDES Geoff Holland goes in search of one of North Shields’ most intriguing pieces of public art — more than 25 years after thirteen colourful figures appeared beside the Royal Quays.

For the past few years, North Shields has been quietly reimagining its post-industrial landscape, with a new generation of independent businesses bringing life back into unexpected spaces. On Northumberland Street, just a stone’s throw from the Fish Quay, Low Quay Brew Co has transformed a former car repair garage into a brewery, taproom and neighbourhood gathering place.

40 photographers joined the I Love North Shields Photography Collective and Wex Photo Video for an Ouseburn photowalk, with camera equipment to try.