Thomas Kelly, 2nd prize winner at the 2026 Utrecht Liszt competition, a prize winner at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition and the current holder of the Benjamin Britten fellowship at the Royal College of Music, opens the Society’s new season with a recital at 3pm on Sunday, 4 October.

Spectrum skaters Liam and Ella compete in artistic roller skating and have been selected to represent Great Britain in pairs skating at Interland Cup, Dinan, France.

The final event of Dispel Arts trailblazing Word Fest Turn the Page concluded last Sunday, leaving a mark on Bishop Auckland’s community by igniting their passions for creativity in the literacy world.