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Newcastle Herald

Your Weekender reads: Nathan M Wright; Isaac Strutt-Stevens; Natalie Murray; Granddad Jack's and more

Newcastle Netflix

Explore what's inside the Herald Weekender, January 20.

Newcastle-born choreographer's return

Nathan M Wright is enjoying the homecoming of his dreams as he guides the latest production of the Rocky Horror Show. He speaks to Jim Kellar.

Isaac Strutt-Stevens plays Christopher, a boy with cancer, in Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe. Picture by Marina Neil

Young actor has the Netflix universe at his feet

Lisa Rockman talks to 14-year-old Isaac Strutt-Stevens, the Cardiff High student who is making his acting debut in a seven-episode Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe.

Newcastle: perfect setting for romance

Newcastle and the Hunter Valley is the backdrop for Natalie Murray's debut adult contemporary romance novel Love, Just In.

Granddad Jacks opens in Newcastle

Queensland craft distillery Granddad Jack's has opened its first exclusive bar - and it's in Newcastle.

Wildlife mystery in Port Stephens

Are tales that twin Galapagos turtles once lived in the majestic waterway fact or fiction? History writer Mike Scanlon takes a look.

Lake Mac festival, diving and art

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