As a new exhibition brings Tyneside and East London into conversation, curator Ellen Stone asks what redevelopment looks like from the lives it changes. Drawing on the AmberSide and Four Corners collections, Underdevelopment is a story of homes, resistance and belonging - and of an archive finding new ways to serve its communities

Following the £14 million restoration of Durham Miners’ Hall and the return of the Redhills Assembly, Clair Challenor-Chadwick asks what this extraordinary experiment in grassroots democracy can teach us today – at a moment when power is once again being devolved fromWestminster to England’s regions

The Leeds curator and Out of Many People co-founder has been recognised in Black History Month UK’s Honouring Black Britain campaign. Her work asks a question that reaches far beyond October: whose lives do we remember when we tell the story of the North?

From teenage poetry readers in Hull to novels passed between friends, working-class reading takes many forms. A new edition of The Bee asks whether the debate about Britain’s reading crisis is overlooking the people already turning the pages

Molly is not a Northerner with a chip on her shoulder, but a Northerner eager to be at the forefront of the change we all want to see

A library becomes a hidden glade, local kids help build the world of the show, and every performance is Pay What You Can. With SPRiTES, ARCADE is putting shared imagination at the heart of Christmas in Scarborough

An exhibition arriving in Huddersfield traces the lives of people who sought refuge and those who helped them survive the Holocaust - while asking visitors to consider the circumstances in which those choices were made

At Oxford, Vivienne Hall finds that being Northern is no longer simply an inheritance. Between jokes about her accent, suggestions of “quota filling” and the temptation to blend in, she asks what we surrender - and what we strengthen -when identity becomes a choice

A brown-capped fungus with bright yellow gills is the subject of an urgent autumn search in Nidderdale. After a dry summer, the Date Waxcap may offer a brief opportunity to discover more about the remarkable life of our long-established grasslands

A woodland walk beneath ultraviolet light offers an unusual way into Yorkshire’s Dark Skies Fringe Festival this half term. Across moor, dale and forest, the wider programme invites us to rediscover the night - and consider what disappears when we light it away

A Sheffield dairy farm known for its milk and ice cream is asking its community to help power its future. Beth explores how Our Cow Molly’s plans for locally owned renewable energy could keep more money in the city - and what it takes to turn ‘shop local’ into ‘invest local’

From grazing infrastructure to a family ice cream business in Lofthouse, more than 250 projects have received Farming in Protected Landscapes support in Nidderdale. Now, farmers and community organisations are being encouraged to bring forward their ideas — even before they have worked out all the details

A celebration of life and growth in urbanopolis highlights the importance of access and education in green space – no matter where it falls

At Hill Top, young tenant farmers Amy Dixon and Dan Fletcher are building a future among Herdwick sheep, uncertain agricultural policy and the legacy of Beatrix Potter. Their partnership with the National Trust reveals why sustaining the Lake District means supporting the people who live and work on its land.

Yorkshire endured just a tenth of its normal July rainfall. Rivers reached historic lows, soils baked and reservoirs retreated - yet much of the groundwater beneath northern England remained remarkably resilient. Is part of the answer to a hotter, drier future hiding in the rocks below us?

Evidence of large-scale prehistoric iron production unearthed in Thornton may shed some light on the origins of parts of the Melsonby Hoard - but many mysteries remain

As Cap-a-Pie turns 30, its latest production is taking four-to-seven-year-olds across the universe - and bringing cutting-edge research into North East classrooms. Mission Outer Space shows what can happen when theatre gives children the confidence to ask questions even scientists cannot yet answer

Movema turns 17 this Saturday with live music, an inclusive dance floor and an Irish stew. As part of Liverpool Irish Festival, it’s an invitation to come together - even if your usual contribution to dancing is looking after everybody’s coats

Returning to the North East for Durham Book Festival, on Saturday 10th October Neil Tennant joined Fiona Hill to discuss the places, books and histories that have shaped his music career

A partnership with The Biscuit Factory brings exhibitions and artist conversations to north Northumberland, beginning with Modern Classics. Its promise lies in making contemporary art part of the cultural life of a rural town

At 84 Plymouth Grove, a novelist’s home opens onto a much bigger story: of faith, friendship, women’s independence and a city learning to think about itself. On a tour with director Sally Jastrzebski-Lloyd, we discover why Elizabeth Gaskell’s House deserves a place on your Manchester itinerary—and why its questions remain so close to our own

A free talk on women’s printmaking and an exchange bringing together 27 artists will open at Jackal this October. In North Northumberland, the history of who gets seen meets the practical business of making art accessible today

Pontefract performer Olivia Burton-Laws will use spoken English and British Sign Language in The Penelopiad at York Theatre Royal. As she begins her professional career, the Leeds Conservatoire graduate wants audiences and the industry to recognise the artistic strengths deaf actors bring