The Teesside Lead launches tomorrow (February 21). Together with our key contributors and writers from the area, here’s a taste of what we will be bringing you in the coming weeks.
- Revisiting Teesside's mass crustacean mortality event, which hasn't yet yielded definitive answers
- Examining the positives, the negatives and busting the myths on the UK's first lithium refinery
- Inside the lives of sex workers on Yarm Road in Stockton-on-Tees
- In conversation with Teesside Cannabis Club - and the sense of community that has been created
Every Thursday, you will receive an in-depth feature or investigation along with our recommendations for things to do in the next seven days, and things written elsewhere about Teesside that we think are worth your time.
Liv Collins, a freelance writer who will be helping to curate The Teesside Lead's recommendations each week, said: "Teesside is an absolute cultural powerhouse, and it’s time the rest of the UK caught up with this. I’m forever impressed by what’s happening in this valley. There’s a collective energy of people just wanting to make things happen. And this is what makes it such an exciting place to be. From pop-up art events to international festivals - Teesside is a region overflowing in creativity, collaboration, and cheeky Northern optimism.
"This doesn’t mean life here is perfect though. This working-class industrial region faces a host of issues. But what makes Teesside unique, is its unwavering commitment to face obstacles head on, and overcome them together. Communities and organisations work together in a way which feels genuinely rare in the UK. I’m excited for you to learn all about it."
