Refurbishing Newcastle’s Bolbec Hall could be first step in a mission to build up region’s creative industries“This will be the cafe and bar,” said Claire Malcolm on the ground floor of a grand, deserted building in Newcastle she hopes will become an international powerhouse of writing creativity. “We’re thinking of making it a wifi dead zone. You’ll have to pick up a book or a newspaper. Or talk to someone.”Malcolm is giving the Guardian an exclusive tour of a forgotten 100-year-old building that is a key part of a bold project to propel north-east England to becoming a centre for writing and publishing. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/08/talent-is-classless-bold-project-launched-to-create-centre-for-writing-in-north-east-england
Author : Mark Brown North of England correspondent
Publish date : 2024-09-08 09:47:37
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