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Culture club members can revel in the new the Matt Forster Überpaintings, through Uber tours happening throughout July.
Matt Forster, artist and proprietor of THE ART WORKS GALLERIES, has already launched his new series of paintings to a private audience and will now be engaging on a series of public events to talk about his new artwork; taking visitors through the process of the Überpainting from concept and use of colour right up to the finished picture. The first five Culture Club members to sign up for a tour will receive a ‘goodie bag’ complete with an original Uberscape.
The tours will be taking place tonight and tomorrow from 6.30 - 7.30pm. Tours can be booked by calling the Gallery on 0191 261 9922 and quote Culture Club. Culture clubbers will also receive a 10% discount off any purchase made following their tour.
Matt, who has been an artist since a very early age and established his first gallery in 1998, since then he has worked on numerous different styles of paintings taken from inspiration from around the world.
The latest ‘Über’ style came from the idea of evolving the use of watercolour in landscapes, Matt comments: ‘An Überpainting is an exaggerated and simplified version of a landscape. They have a highly stylised and instantly recognizable appearance.
A range of Matt’s work is always exhibited at THE ART WORKS GALLERIES as well as in the newly opened MJ Forster Gallery in Hexham. The über-exhibition will be on until the end of July. THE ART WORKS GALLERIES also houses a range of local artists’ work which varies month by month, there is also the recently opened Bohemian Boutique which sells a range of gifts and home wares.
THE ART WORKS GALLERIES is open seven days a week, Monday – Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm.
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2NP
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Gü Chocolate Puddings and Frü Fruity Puds will be dishing out their wares at Alnwick Castle’s festival this Saturday.
Products include the new Gü Tiffins (bitesize cakes with a biscuity base topped with smooth caramel and chocolate) or the light and fluffy Frü Trifle with layers of strawberry and raspberry compote, vanilla sponge and rich, smooth Bourbon and vanilla custard.
The an open air picnic-style concert features Jools Holland and his rhythm and blues orchestra as well as special guests Marc Almond, Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall. It starts at 7.30pm and finishes with a firework spectacular at 10.30pm. For more information on the event and ticket sales please ring 01665 511100 or visit www.alnwickcastle.com/whatson.php
We’re offering a lucky Culture Club member the chance to win a £25 voucher for Gü-licious chocolate puddings and fruity Frü puds, a pair of tickets to the Alnwick Castle music extravaganza featuring Jools Holland as well as some Gü goodies including cool bag and apron. Runner up prizes will also include Gü vouchers and goodies.
If you don’t win, you can visit the stand and pick up free samples to try for yourself.
For more information on Gü Chocolate Puds and Frü Fruity Puds visit www.gupuds.com and www.frupuds.com respectively.
Following a sold out West End run in Autumn 2006 and to mark the publication of the new title in the series: Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox; the celebrated author and stand-up performer Eoin Colfer is taking his live show on tour throughout the UK in August 2008.
The utterly brilliant best-selling author will be taking audiences on an adrenaline-fuelled exposé of teenage criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl.
This show is a must for Artemis Fowl fans of all ages! The tour will also give Artemis’ legion of fans an opportunity to meet the author and have their books personally signed.
Eoin Colfer will appear at The Journal Tyne Theatre on Sunday 10th August 2008.
Tickets cost £8.50 (tickets may be subject to service charge) are now available from The Journal Tyne Theatre Box Office (10am-3.30pm and event days), by calling 0844 493 9999 (24 hour 7days) or visiting www.thejournaltynetheatre.co.uk
We have 2 family tickets (2 adults & 2 children) to give away.
Thursday 24 July 7:30 pm
Venue: Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
2 for 1 ticket offer
Here’s your chance to see Mercury prize nominated singers Rachel and Becky Unthank plus many more talented performers live at The Sage Gateshead.
Based on the recent critically acclaimed CD release of the same name, this concert features a stellar line up including: Beth Orton, Suzanne Vega, Baby Gramps, Gavin Friday, The Langley Sisters, Teddy Thompson, Kamila Thompson, Julie Fowlis and Band, Rachel and Becky Unthank, Robyn Hitchcock, Tim Robbins and Kathryn Williams. All will be singing contemporary re-workings of traditional sea shanties, pirate ballads and seafaring songs produced by maverick genius Hal Willner.
The idea for the Rogue's Gallery germinated on the set of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie. A sea chantey (often spelt shanty) is a work song with a strong rhythm to which the sailors could haul the lines, hoist the sales, man the oars and so on. Expect songs about drinking, women, death and of course pirates... funny, beautiful, and sad songs with a fantastic house band featuring Kate St John (MD), Leo Abrahams, Rory McFarlane, Martyn Barker, Barry Reynolds and Roger Eno.
Tickets are £16.50 and £19.50 but Culture Club members can get two tickets for the price of one.
Made homeless by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, clarinetist Evan Christopher packed up the few belongings he had and headed for France, where he settled in Paris, working to raise awareness of the musical culture of New Orleans through concerts, workshops and masterclasses. At the same time, he formed a new group, Django à la Créole.
Drawing inspiration from the Belgian-born Django Reinhardt’s work with American jazz clarinetists in the 1930s, Django à la Créole comprise two guitars and double bass, weaving sultry rhythms around a soaring clarinet. Gypsy swing fused with the music of the streets of New Orleans, the Caribbean and Brazil, create an elegant and impassioned, yet highly accessible sound.
Evan Christopher’s Django a la Creole play Durham’s Gala Theatre on Thursday July 31, 2008 at 7:30pm. Tickets are available to Culture Club members for just £5.
Here’s your chance to win tickets to see a magical open air performance.
To celebrate the National Year of Reading 2008 and the current Folk Art and Fairytales exhibition, the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery are hosting a series of performances by internationally renowned theatre performers Nicole et Martin in the grounds of the museum and County Hall.
Every year Nicole et Martin tour the world with their magical tent performing traditional fairy stories by The Brothers Grimm for all the family.
Their performances combine music, song, dance, acrobatics and just a little imagination to provide a truly memorable experience.
Nicole et Martin will be performing on the following days
• July 29, 7pm, Hansel and Gretel
• July 30 & 31, 7pm , The Musicians of Bremen
• Aug 1, 2pm, The Fisherman and his Wife
Tickets are available in person from the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery and also one hour before performance times from the Theatre Box Office on site. Adults £5, Concessions £4, Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 concessions £16)
We have 5 family tickets to give away for the opening performance on of Hansel and Gretel on July 29. Suitable for aged 7+
This world renowned superstar last performed in the North East in 2002, when she set a new record as the arena’s quickest selling female solo artist of all time, which still stands today.
Inspired by her new album “X”, Kylie and her creative team have devised a new show that she describes herself as ‘fresh, exhilarating and innovative”. The new show will be a totally different concept to previous Minogue spectaculars, which have seen her fuse her remarkable creativity with groundbreaking technology to become one of the most respected live performers of our time.
Kylie’s 2008 tour opened in Paris on May 6 and has progressed throughout Europe. She arrives at Metro Radio Arena on Sunday 20th. She will also appear on July 21, 23 and 24, 2008. Tickets are available by calling 0844 493 6666 or by visiting www.metroradioarena.co.uk
We have 2 pairs of tickets to give away to Culture Club members for the performance on Thursday July 24, 2008 at 8pm.
To celebrate National Year of Reading 2008 the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery is hosting an exciting exhibition which explore artist’s interpretations of traditional fairytales and folk stories – and Culture Club members are invited to attend the preview on July 25, 2008 from 7pm.
Folk Art and Fairy Tales brings together new and recent work by ten talented artists and makers working in the UK. Artists include Julie Arkell, Su Blackwell and Samantha Bryan.
Exhibits range from minute sculpture to large-scale installation, and are created from an extraordinary variety of materials. Many of the artists work with discarded, throwaway materials, such as recycled toys, old books, used tins cans, bird feathers and even teabags!
Folk Art and Fairytales is an exhibition that will surprise and delight all ages and provide mystery, humour and wonder in equal measure. The exhibition runs from Saturday 26th July – Sunday 7th September
Summer is always a time for festivals, and here at Gala Durham it is no exception. We’re delighted to welcome alto jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch as part of Brass 08: Durham International Festival on Saturday July 19, 2008.
Though you might not have heard of him, Kinch already has a mantelpiece crammed with awards including the 2002 BBC Jazz Rising Star Award; 2004 BBC Jazz Best Instrumentalist, Best Band and the award for Jazz Innovation and MOBOs for Best Jazz Act in 2003 and 2007. His album, Conversations with The Unseen was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2003.
Kinch's influences include jazz greats such as Courtney Pine, Denys Baptiste and Wynton Marsalis, combined with inspiration from West Indian music, hip hop, classical and dub poets like Linton Kwesi Johnson. Why not spend a Saturday night trying out this eclectic mix of musical styles?
We know how members like to try something new so to encourage you to try this great artist, whose music we know you might not be familiar with, we’ve teamed up with Gala Durham to offer you the special price of just £5 a ticket (usual price £15)
Northumbria University and creative communications agency, Cravens, are giving ten lucky Culture Club members and their guests the chance to attend the invite-only preview of their forthcoming exhibition - ‘The People Show’, which takes place at the University Gallery on July 31, 2008.
The exhibition is a culmination of selected and winning works submitted to the prestigious open art competition, which inspired North East artists to ‘Make Someone a Work of Art’.
The competition, now in its ninth year, has been designed to foster the region’s creative talent, and the exhibition will showcase the selected works submitted by professional and amateur artists based within the North East. Artists were invited to submit entries in any medium – from sculpture to ceramics, paint to print, film to photography and everything else in between – meaning that exhibition visitors will be met with a highly stimulating visual feast.
Swines of Durham opened in 2007 to provide quality and affordable wines from small producers and organic vineyards to the North East. Swines are pleased to be holding their first tasting in Newcastle especially for Culture Club members. At this event you will taste 8 wines from various wine producing regions, and from producers who are either small or completely organic. This free event is a fantastic opportunity to try some new wines without buying a complete bottle - not something you can do in your local supermarket!
The event will be held on Thursday July 31, 2008 from 6pm – 7.30pm at Quayside Italia. Situated by the Swing Bridge it has stunning views across from Newcastle to the Sage and the Baltic on the Gateshead riverbank. The venue combines mouth watering food with a stunning bar and an elegant setting by the river. For members who are wanting to stay and eat after the wine tasting Tavistock are offering their Happy Hour food menu all night, with starters from £2.75 and main courses from £4.75.
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY ALLOCATED. PLEASE CONTACT rachel.suddart@ncjmedia.co.uk IF YOU WISH TO BE PLACED ON A RESERVE LIST
The line up for this year’s SummerTyne festival at The Sage Gateshead (18th – 27th July 2008) includes Sinéad O’Connor; k.d. lang; country queen Eve Selis; Martha Wainwright; a UK exclusive double bill with New Orleans funk and soul acts the Neville Brothers and Allen Toussaint; a late night Latin Dance Party with Alex Wilson’s Salsa Orchestra and Latin DJs, in association with the ¡VAMOS! Festival. Plus, an Americana weekend, exhibitions, film screenings, family activities, salsa, steel pan and Capoeria workshops, daily Playing the Building musical tours and a celebration of the building of an eighth bridge across the River Tyne by Australian artists, Bambuco.
To match the variety of things to see and do, there will be a range of delicious food and drink available – top notch food in the Brasserie, Latin cocktails, tapas, delicious Caribbean treats, a SummerTyne Americana BBQ and more.
For more information or to buy tickets visit www.thesagegateshead.org or call 0191 443 4661. To book a table at The Sage Gateshead Brasserie call 0191 443 4564.
SummerTyne and Bambuco are part of NewcastleGateshead’s programme of world-class festivals and events managed by culture¹º; visit www.NewcastleGateshead.com for more details.
To celebrate we’re offering you the chance to enjoy a pre-concert dinner for two in the Brasserie, a pair of top price tickets to New Orleans Boogie Nights with the Neville Brothers and Allen Toussaint (Hall One, 7.30pm) and a pair of tickets to the New Orleans Late Night Party with Abram Wilson’s Londorleans Band (Hall Two, 10.30pm) all on Friday July 25, 2008 at The Sage Gateshead.
On Friday July 18, 2008 Star and Shadow will host a special evening featuring artist Peter Kennard, photographer Jason P Howe and the chance to see a screening of The Private Archives of Pablo Escobar.
An influential visual artist, Peter Kennard, with his photo-montage based practice, has delivered some of the definitive images of the time from the CND movement and GeneralPinochets coup in Chile in 1973. Presented in the North East for the first time in 30 years, this collection will be on show for one night within the Star and Shadow with Peter introducing the work.
Self taught photographer Jason P. Howe has worked in Lebanon, Iraq and is currently based in Afghanistan. A regular visitor to Latin America, he has worked in 18 countries in the region; documenting the ongoing conflict in Colombia has been a long term project. Jason’s exploration of FARC, the AUC (right wing militia) and the coca trade is unnerving in its closeness to the subjects. This is a unique chance to see the first manifestation of his ongoing work ‘Colombia - Between the Lines’.
Colombian film maker Marc de Beaufort’s ‘The Private Archives of Pablo Escobar’ attempts to straddle both the pop and political with this revealing documentary portrait of a complex man who grew freakishly rich and powerful from the drug trade. Rising from petty criminal to fearsomely influential political mover and shaker, Escobar managed to simultaneously present himself as ruthless, violent criminal whilst knowingly cultivating a kind of modern day ‘Robin Hood’ persona.
The evening starts at 7.30pm. Star and Shadow have reserved a limited number of places for culture club members.
To celebrate the Angel of the North’s tenth anniversary, Gateshead Council has commissioned the creation of a special beer by Wylam Brewery. The brew, called Angel 10th Anniversary Amber Ale, is the same rich copper colour as its namesake and is described as ‘a well balanced bitter with a citrus character in the aroma and finish given by the cascade hop’. It comes in 500ml bottles with an alcohol volume of 4.3%.
We’re offering five lucky Culture Club members and their guests the chance to try out the only official Angel Ale – and many other unique beers - at its home, Wylam Brewery.
You can fill your boots with high quality ale and afterwards we’ll whisk you off to the pub for a bite to eat. Who could ask for more?
The event will take place between 4pm – 7pm on Friday July 18, 2008.
The 2008 Northumberland Art Tour provides a free interesting and inspirational day out. Over 70 of Northumberland’s artist’s open their studios to welcome visitors on Sundays during July. Artist’s studios and workshops are open from 11-5pm and there is a whole open weekend on the 12th and 13th of July.
The Art Tour 2008 is sponsored by Lazy Grace Limited, and supported by Made in Northumberland Project, part of Northumbria Tourism. Free Art Tour brochures are available from tourist information centres, galleries, visitor centres and attractions throughout the county.
To celebrate we are giving one lucky Culture Club member the chance to win An A2 canvas print "America and Signet” by Sue Moffitt. This is of two Holstein Friesians, from the Family’s Hunday Herd of Cattle, with double mount and frame worth around £170.
Sue was born near Corbridge, Northumberland and grew up on a dairy farm. Her family has been farming for generations, and Sue owns and runs fifiefofum, a rural art gallery and centre for creative workshops, on the family farm just off the A69 near to Corbridge. Her work has been shown in many venues throughout the North East, creating a demand for her unique cow portraits.
The Gallery www.fifiefofum.com is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm
Join us at The Biscuit Factory on Tuesday July 15, 2008 from 6pm to 8pm for a fascinating Meet the Artist event. In cooperation with the Vamos festival The Biscuit Factory has lined up 3 very exciting artists - two painters and a photographer, each with roots and/or inspiration in the Lusophone world.
Enrique Azocar and photographer Franuk will discuss how they approach a subject and where their inspiration comes from. They will talk about the differences between Spain and South America and their life in the North East. Paula Dunn will discuss what inspired her to deviate from the free flowing landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales to the architectural scenes of Havana and Cienfuegos. The evening will include refreshments and the opportunity to view the work as well as putting your questions to the artists.
If you would like to attend please email rachel.suddart@ncjmedia.co.uk or call (0191) 201 6369 stating your name, membership number, contact telephone number and the number of places you require (max of 2 per card). Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
The exhibition is part of -VAMOS! Festival. Taking place every 2 years, the festival explodes on July 11, 2008 to celebrate all that's wild and wonderful in the world of Latin Lusophone cultures.
Over 10 action-packed days the festival will feature UK premieres, exclusive performances and vibrant, visual arts. Hundred's of artists and partners from across the region will unite to guarantee an electricrifying performance. The festival includes the largest salsa dance on Baltic Square, a picnic at Saltwell Park, readings at Morden Tower, various musical events, a Cuban Evening at Secco and much more.
More details can be found at www.vamosfestival.com
Tickets for -VAMOS! events can be purchased via Northern Stage at www.northernstage.co.uk Telephone: 0191 230 5151. Email info@ northernstage.co.uk.
What do Rupert Bear, Peppa Pig, Little Princess, Fifi Forget-Me-Not, Mr. Bump and Noddy all have in common? They're all packing their suitcases and taking to the road to visit The Journal Tyne Theatre on Friday 11 & Saturday 12 July.
For the first ever national theatre tour the hugely popular characters from Five's Milkshake! are coming together for a sing-along spectacular! The show features new songs, classic favourites and funky dance moves. It's a fantastic family-friendly introduction to music and theatre for toe-tapping toddlers.
Children's favourites Fifi and Bumble from Fifi and the Flowertots, Peppa and George from Peppa Pig, Noddy and Tessie Bear from Make Way for Noddy, Mr. Bump and Little Miss Daredevil from The Mr. Men Show, Rupert Bear and Little Princess will be joining forces to enchant children in theatres around the country. The shows will be hosted by Milkshake's presenters - Naomi Wilkinson, Kemi Majeks, Beth Evans, Jen Pringle and Derek Moran - who'll be encouraging children (and their parents) to sing, join in and learn fun new dance moves like jumping to the Milkshake! Shake!
We have 3 family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) to see the show on Friday July 11, 2008 at 4.30pm and a fantastic goody bag to give away to lucky members.
As part of our review of The Journal’s Culture Club, the marketing team at ncj Media will be conducting a number of group discussions, giving you the chance to express your views on the club, and allowing us to explore the ways in which we could develop it in the future.
These sessions will be hosted at the following times:
Wednesday 16th July 2008 – 6pm
Thursday 17th July 2008 – 6pm
Friday 18th July 2008 – 12pm
Refreshments will be available, and all participants who attend one of these sessions will receive a £10 Eldon Square voucher.
If you are willing and able to take part in one of these sessions, please contact Rachel Suddart on 0191 201 6369 or email Rachel.suddart@ncjmedia.co.uk before July 9, 2008, including a name and contact number, and indicating which session you wish to attend.
Members will be selected randomly by an independent third party and you will be notified by phone by Friday July 11, 2008.
The sessions will be held in the ncjMedia offices located on the Groat Market in Newcastle City Centre.
"A translated work is a separate creation and can reflect the spirit and intentions of the original while having its own distinctive and coherent 'voice' "
Ros Schwartz
Five crime novels have been shortlisted for the Duncan Laurie International Dagger and the winner will be announced in July.
On Tuesday July 8, 7.30pm we’re offering Culture Club members the chance to meet some of the translators who have made these books accessible to many more people, and try to find out a little more about the process. Who fits author with translator? How much ownership can you feel? Which works have posed the most challenges?
Stephen Sartarelli is the translator of choice for Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano mysteries and has great fun finding equivalents for the author’s mix of Italian and Sicilian dialects. An award winning translator, Stephen is also the author of three books of poetry, most recently The Open Vault.
Nominated book: The Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camilleri
Ros Schwartz has translated many works of fiction and non-fiction from French into English, receiving particular acclaim for The Star of Algiers by Aziz Chouaki. Ros runs workshops on the art of translation.
Nominated book: Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti
Peter Millar is an award winning journalist, author and translator. He was Foreign Correspondent of the Year in 1989 for his reporting of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and has written four popular fiction novels.
Nominated book: A Deal with the Devil by Martin Suter.
The event will be held at the Lit & Phil Library and is hosted by Ann Cleeves, an award winning author, whose reading passion is crime in translation. Ann won the Duncan Laurie Dagger in 2006 for best crime novel of the year for Raven Black, the first volume in the Shetland Quartet.
Tickets normally cost £3 but Culture Club members can attend for FREE.
A lavish, new production of the sensational ballroom dance spectacular, Simply Ballroom, dances its way into the Sunderland Empire, for one night only on Friday July 11 and Culture Club members can purchase tickets for just £15.00!*
Hosted by Sam Kane (Brookside, Coronation Street) and Sophie Lawrence (Eastenders) and choreographed by TV’s Dancing Stars Erin Boag and Anton Du Beke, the stage is set for a major celebration of everything ballroom!
Simply Ballroom brings live to the stage the world of ballroom dancing with a team of international dance champions.
With the resurgence of ballroom dancing worldwide and the massive impact of TV shows like Strictly Come Dancing and Strictly Dance Fever, Simply Ballroom has been wowing audiences around the country and internationally.
The show brings the dazzling world of ballroom dancing to the theatre with fabulous costumes, virtuoso performances and breathtaking grace. This acclaimed production takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of ballroom dancing - from the romance of the Waltz, the pace of a Quick Step, the passion of the Tango, the jump of the Jive and the infectious rhythm of the Cha Cha - the flawless performances of the Dance Champions create a lavish Riverdance style experience
Culture Club members can purchase £15.00* tickets to see SIMPLY BALLROOM on Friday 11th July (usually priced £21.50 and £23.50)
The Starters&Puds dining experience is similar to a tapas or mezze style of eating, where a variety of smaller dishes are ordered, evolving to a full meal (depending on how hungry you are). This gives greater variety and choice but also means you can save room for a fabulous pudding or two!
Starters&Puds is the newest restaurant in the heart of Graingertown, next to the Theatre Royal and Grey Street. This atmospheric restaurant is set in former bank vaults and still retains great character within a cosy atmosphere under barrel ceilings.
For this exclusive evening on Thursday July 10, 2008 (6pm – 8.30pm) The Journal Culture Club has teamed up with Starters&Puds to invite you to enjoy some of the wines on offer at the restaurant and to sample the delicious menu.
There will be a selection of eight wines to try - one sparkling, three white, four red - finishing with a Grahams vintage port. The wines will be explained and presented to you by Peter Chandler who runs the Stokesley Wine Society in North Yorkshire.
A selection of the wines you will be able to taste are: Saumur sparkling white, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Marsanne, IWC medal winning Cru de Cotes de Rhone Vinsobres (Cellierdes Dauphins) and Vino Nobile de Montepulciano Cecchi.
There will also be a range of dishes from the Starters&Puds menu to accompany the wines including salmon and monkfish kebabs with a lemon aioli, goats cheese, courgettes and sun dried tomato puff pastry tart, chicken strips in paprika and poppy seed with garlic mayonnaise – as well as bruschetta.
The evening has been set at a special price of only £20 per head for Culture Club members.
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY ALLOCATED. PLEASE CONTACT rachel.suddart@ncjmedia.co.uk IF YOU WISH TO BE PLACED ON A RESERVE LIST
Me & Cilla is a hilariously heartbreaking black-comedy from one of the UK’s most exciting new writers, Lee Mattinson. We reviewed the play in yesterday’s Journal.
On Saturday July 5, Culture Club members are invited to an exclusive event with the chance to meet and listen to writer, Lee Mattinson and director, Steve Gilroy, talk about the process of taking the initial script idea for Me & Cilla through to a staged production.
Following the event members will be able to sample a ‘Cilla’ themed cocktail, receive a copy of the show programme as well as a ticket to see the 4pm performance of Me & Cilla.
The event lasts from 3pm to 3.45pm and tickets cost £8.
TO COPE WITH DEMAND WE ARE EXTENDING ALLOCATION FOR THIS EVENT. MEMBERS CAN CHOOSE FROM THE 4PM OR 9PM PERFORMANCE. PRE SHOW EVENT WILL STILL TAKE PLACE AT 3PM.
This month, The Journal Culture Club’s book group reviews one of the most popular books of the year, Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann.
Can love outwit death? An epic novel of two lives sustained through the memory of love.
1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn't know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever.
1917: Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Seven thousand kilometres over the Russian Steppes separate him from his village and his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The Great War may be over, but Moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil war. When Moritz finally limps back into his village to claim the hand of the woman he left behind, will she still be waiting?
Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love. Cinematic and brimming with raw emotions, it is the magnificent and emotive debut from a remarkable new writer.
Read an extract from the book and get more information at www.richardandjudybookclub.co.uk
Danny Scheinmann is a writer, actor and storyteller. Born in Manchester, he now lives in London with his wife and three children. Random Acts of Heroic Love is his first book.
The Culture Club book club will next meet at The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle from 6pm to 7.30pm on Wednesday July 2, 2008.
Don't miss your chance to try organic wines and discover a new place to eat fantastic food! Swines of Durham has teamed up with Grafton House to bring you a fantastic wine tasting and food matching experience. the event will take place in Grafton House Hotel in the heart of Durham City on 2nd July at 6pm.
This beautiful boutique hotel will priovide 6 different dishes to compliment the 6 organic wines selected by Swines of Durham.
Grafton House serve wonderful food, cooked to perfection, and sourced locally and freshly. They opened in late 2007 and this is an ideal opportunity to sample the quality of their food and surroundings.
Swines of Durham also opened in 2007 and offers fantastic wine from small producers and from organic vineyards, they also offer free delivery to within 30 miles of Durham.
Tickets are normally £25 for this event but Culture Club members can get tickets for just £20 if they book before 5th June.
 
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