The nudes that started our publishing career
When people ask us how we got started on our career of book publishing I'm never sure whether to tell the truth. Because it all started with some boxes of…
The old Victoria Theatre, now undergoing restoration.
The phantom of the Victoria Theatre and other cinema tales
THE entertainment Max Donnan enjoyed during his long career in Newcastle cinemas wasn’t always on the big screen. Some of it came from the clientele, some came from the quirks…
Copy of a Goya nude in a Cessnock Hotel, February 1962. Photo by Ron Morrison
Nudes, beer and pasta in 1960s Newcastle
In the 1960s a nude picture on the wall of your pub or restaurant might have caused strife with the authorities: unless of course it was a copy of a…