Graemewhitfield
@graemewhitfield.bsky.social
Editor of The Journal and the Northern Agenda newsletter
Always a great night at the North East Culture Awards
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Always a great night at the North East Culture Awards
After Labour's election victories last year, we urged them to deliver for the North East in four key areas. A year on, we give our verdict on their work so far #TomorrowsPapersToday
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
After Labour's election victories last year, we urged them to deliver for the North East in four key areas. A year on, we give our verdict on their work so far #TomorrowsPapersToday
We've launched a new newsletter that brings together all the news you need to know from around Newcastle. It also has a community noticeboard for people to publicise their events (and it's FREE).
You can find out more and subscribe at thenewcastledrop.substack.com
You can find out more and subscribe at thenewcastledrop.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We've launched a new newsletter that brings together all the news you need to know from around Newcastle. It also has a community noticeboard for people to publicise their events (and it's FREE).
You can find out more and subscribe at thenewcastledrop.substack.com
You can find out more and subscribe at thenewcastledrop.substack.com
This makes me so happy. The Brian Eno anecdote is honestly one of the best things I've ever read www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘People in the scene would sometimes be mean to us. They’d forget we were teenagers’: Daphne and Celeste look back
The 00s pop pair on their enduring sisterhood, an embarrassing encounter with Brian Eno, and somehow ending up on a tour of the UK’s Asda supermarkets
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This makes me so happy. The Brian Eno anecdote is honestly one of the best things I've ever read www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A good - if especially nerve-racking - weekend for North East football fans - and on the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
May 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A good - if especially nerve-racking - weekend for North East football fans - and on the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
Great news for the North East as the Mercury Prize comes to Newcastle - the first time it has been held outside London #TomorrowsPapersToday
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Great news for the North East as the Mercury Prize comes to Newcastle - the first time it has been held outside London #TomorrowsPapersToday
Efforts by the North East mayor to help families with the cost of childcare + child poverty campaigners calling for Government action make the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
May 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Efforts by the North East mayor to help families with the cost of childcare + child poverty campaigners calling for Government action make the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
A seismic day in North East politics - on the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A seismic day in North East politics - on the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
More dramatic evidence in the Sycamore Gap trial leads tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
April 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
More dramatic evidence in the Sycamore Gap trial leads tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
The start of the trial of two men accused of chopping down the tree at Sycamore Gap leads tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
April 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The start of the trial of two men accused of chopping down the tree at Sycamore Gap leads tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
Positive news for commuters leads tomorrow's Journal Story by @danhollandnews.bsky.social #TomorrowsPapersToday
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Positive news for commuters leads tomorrow's Journal Story by @danhollandnews.bsky.social #TomorrowsPapersToday
Happy 10th anniversary to the greatest political photograph of all time
April 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy 10th anniversary to the greatest political photograph of all time
An amazing celebration for Newcastle United's Carabao Cup win is on the front of tomorrow's Journal - with a 16-page pull-out inside #TomorrowsPapersToday
March 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
An amazing celebration for Newcastle United's Carabao Cup win is on the front of tomorrow's Journal - with a 16-page pull-out inside #TomorrowsPapersToday
A crisis in the region's schools leads tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
March 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A crisis in the region's schools leads tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
Shocking figures outlining the impact of the Government's planned welfare cuts make the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
March 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Shocking figures outlining the impact of the Government's planned welfare cuts make the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
No Journal front page tonight - for reasons that will become clear in the morning...!
March 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
No Journal front page tonight - for reasons that will become clear in the morning...!
A bid to drive up school standards in the North East makes the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
March 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A bid to drive up school standards in the North East makes the front of tomorrow's Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
At the start of each month I like to round up the best Journal stories from the month just gone..
March 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
At the start of each month I like to round up the best Journal stories from the month just gone..
How's everyone feeling this morning?
February 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
How's everyone feeling this morning?
A pretty positive Journal front page tonight: hundreds of jobs, plans for a £16m rooftop bar and...WEM-BER-LEY! ⚽️⚽️#TomorrowsPapersToday
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A pretty positive Journal front page tonight: hundreds of jobs, plans for a £16m rooftop bar and...WEM-BER-LEY! ⚽️⚽️#TomorrowsPapersToday
Education, crime, heritage and ski-ing on the front of tomorrow's @TheJournalNews ...oh, and a BIG BLOODY TOON WIN! #tomorrowspaperstoday
January 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Education, crime, heritage and ski-ing on the front of tomorrow's @TheJournalNews ...oh, and a BIG BLOODY TOON WIN! #tomorrowspaperstoday
Woman next to me on the bus has never watched Gavin and Stacey, says she doesn't plan to, so asks her mate what happened in the end.
"There's a fat lass in it, isn't there?" she says, and then a bit later: "There's a fat lad too, is that right?"
"There's a fat lass in it, isn't there?" she says, and then a bit later: "There's a fat lad too, is that right?"
January 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Woman next to me on the bus has never watched Gavin and Stacey, says she doesn't plan to, so asks her mate what happened in the end.
"There's a fat lass in it, isn't there?" she says, and then a bit later: "There's a fat lad too, is that right?"
"There's a fat lass in it, isn't there?" she says, and then a bit later: "There's a fat lad too, is that right?"
Kenickie on Top of the Pops - splendid (and only 28 Yeats ago…)
January 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Kenickie on Top of the Pops - splendid (and only 28 Yeats ago…)
Someone has dropped a sourdough near my house and it’s been left on a garden wall like people do when kids drop gloves, toys, etc #peakgosforth
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Someone has dropped a sourdough near my house and it’s been left on a garden wall like people do when kids drop gloves, toys, etc #peakgosforth
We currently have one Christmas card in our house. It is from the Indian takeaway
December 17, 2024 at 10:23 AM
We currently have one Christmas card in our house. It is from the Indian takeaway