Following our recent travels around Northumberland gathering tales of rural life in the county, we are hosting an informal evening on 7 Sept at Queen's Hall Arts Centre, to share songs and scenes from a current work in progress -  Beyond the End of the Road. We hope you can join us to hear the story so far click on the production page here for more details.

Just over a week ago now, we were up at National Trust Wallington taking a guided walk with our very own celebrity landscape gardener...in pursuit of 'The Perfect View', we explored hidden corners of the estate and the work of Capability Brown.  If you'd like to see photos of the weekend's performances please visit The Perfect View production page. And for those who couldn't join us, you can still set off to discover your own Perfect View at Wallington this summer, as our giant frames remain dotted around the gardens over the coming months for you to enjoy!  

Download your Reflections of Newcastle certificate trail here! 

Did you complete our trail at the Lit and Phil Newcastle exploring life on the Home Front?

You can download your certificate (just like Bob’s) here and place it on your mantelpiece…

Don’t forget to check out the iBooks too.  You can download these for free too at www.reflectionsofnewcastle.co.uk

This month we're very happy to welcome six new members to our Board of Trustees, including a new Chair, Fiona Standfield and individuals from the arts, cultural and commercial worlds. Click here for more information on the new additions to our team. We are looking forward to working with them all!

900m of rope, 900 stories for Berwick...check out the full length film here and rediscover this project celebrating the past, present and future - and not forgetting the people - of this distinct border town.

We're heading up to Berwick on Thursday 18 February for a film, some cake and a conversation about ‘The Great Performing Rope’ at the Maltings.  

Over the past few months, we've been working with Northern Stars filmmakers to create a documentary about the event - featuring footage of the weekend event, interviews with audiences, artists and event organisers. Following the film screening, we invite the audience to stay for tea, cake and an informal conversation to explore where The Great Performing Rope could lead us to next in Berwick...

The event starts at 4.30pm, to book your free place click here.

Join our Special Agent, Holly Hunch, on Saturday 6 February at Morpeth library for an exciting mission to find and follow the hidden clues and solve the mystery of the missing words. Suitable for young people aged between 5-10 years, this is an opportunity to discover the inspiring collection of poetry in Morpeth’s own Northern Poetry Library, the UK’s largest collection of modern poetry outside London.

For full event details click here

Shopping in Morpeth this Saturday?.. look out for two contrasting characters exploring the Christmas Farmers’ market and sharing a little taste of the town’s international poetry collection - the Northern Poetry Library. 

Harking from the time of the launch of the collection in 1968, Miss Hedley, a straight-laced librarian, and her brother Richard Hedley, a slightly eccentric and wayward poet, will be taking a walk around the town centre, reciting poems of the winter and the festive season and handing out special bookmarks to remind the population of Morpeth of its own forgotton treasure – The Northern Poetry Library.

Part of a series of projects by November Club and inspired by the Northern Poetry Library to bring its collection to life to new audiences. Click here to find out more.

Over the past year, November club has been working with individuals and communities in and around Berwick to build up a collection of memories - celebrating 900 years of history - and future hopes - looking forward to another 900 more.

From 22- 25 October, a 900 metre long rope will weave its way through the town centre in celebration of Berwick’s rope making past and famous rope walks, carrying the stories of local residents and visitors to the town and accompanied by open air performances, art installations and free artists’ workshops.

A celebration of the town, its people and places, The Great Performing Rope promises to weave together the many stories, histories and hopes for the future that make Berwick and its communities unique.

For Full event information visit www.thegreatperformingrope.com

Do you have a special memory of Berwick – a person, a place, a moment in time?

What do you hope for the future of the town?

The Great Performing Rope is coming to Berwick-upon-Tweed and we’d love to hear from you!

In culmination of Berwick 900, November Club, together with Culture Creative and associate artist Carl von Weiler, present an exciting and ambitious outdoor sculptural event for Berwick upon Tweed that will celebrate the past, present and future of the town.

Unfolding between 22 - 25th October 2015, the project promises to weave together the many stories, histories and hopes for the future that make Berwick and its communities unique. Celebrating the town’s rope making industry and the traditions of rope walking and looking to what the future holds for the area, The Great Performing Rope will occupy the streets, public buildings and parks of Berwick.

We are working with individuals and communities in and around Berwick to build up a collection of memories - celebrating 900 years of history - and future hopes - looking forward to another 900 more.

If you would like to be part of The Great Performing Rope we’d love to hear from you! Do get in touch via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

And if you would like to contribute your memory online – it’s easy!

Visit www.thegreatperformingrope.com

Polly’s looking peaky, Lilliput has come to life and there’s a hump backed zebra in the library. It can only be November Club back at National Trust Wallington. This time producing a self directed adventure through the house for families... or anyone interested in fun things to do, the Trevelyan way of course!

The House Manager’s in a pickle. The fun, laughter and mischief within the House appear to have gone missing.  Can today’s families come to the rescue, and release the fun back into the house?

Cinzia Hardy, November Club’s Creative Director said: “The Trevelyans were real thinkers and loved puzzles, brain bending activities and making up their own games. We’re not saying there is no fun at Wallington, what we are saying is that Release the Fun! brings a whole lot more.”

On arrival at Wallington families will be presented with a specially commissioned gift, full of games and puzzles, each linked to a place or object in the house. Release the Fun! offers up challenges and fun experiences and families will follow our trail of quirky questions and peculiar puzzles to see where it leads.

Release the Fun! is just one of many creative, engaging and adventurous play related activities and facilities the National Trust’s North East places are offering this summer designed to let children’s imaginations run wild.

Release the Fun! officially opens on 11th July and runs to 31st August.

Why are you here? is the question November Club has posed to visitors to Bickling Hall in Norfolk.

2015 is the 75^th Anniversary of the untimely death of Philip Kerr, the 11^th Marquis of Lothian and his bequest of Bickling to the National Trust.

November Club Creative Director and Artist Imogen Cloet have posed the question; “Why are you here?” The question is double-edged, asking visitors to consider the whole purpose of why we have the National Trust and its magnificent houses and why each visitor has come to Bickling on that day and at that time.

“It’s a bit like a jigsaw puzzle.” Says Cinzia, “There isn’t a clear beginning middle or end to the tour, at least not in that order, we want visitors to think about the different aspects of the house and the people who have lived here and then draw their own conclusions about why they are here.”

Bickling is at Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6NF.

Check the Blickling website for opening times.

Step into Utopia HQ and it’s as if you’ve fallen through a crack in time.  The Estate Office of Sir Charles Phillips Trevelyan at Wallington Hall has been transformed into a polling station, and in each of the voting booths there is a peep hole to the past.

It’s all part of the National Trust’s ‘Vote’ Project, and November Club artist Imogen Cloët has created a new installation, inspired by the Trevelyan’s desire to create a socialist utopia.