Bradley Calvert

Name? Bradley Calvert

Age? 24

Where are you from? Newcastle (Seaton Delaval)

Main Costume? Master Chief

Other costumes you have/do?

Subject Delta (Bioshock 2), T45

Power Armour (Fallout 3), Crucible Knight (Elden Ring) and working on a Paz Vizla (Star Wars/ Mandalorian)

Are you part of any costuming groups? Fireteam Ascension for Halo cosplay, looking to hopefully join some Star Wars groups too

How did you get into costuming/ cosplay? Always loved armour in games and had a helmet collection of mainly Halo ones (about 30+), was mainly about going to events and meeting new people and making new friends along the way

What was your first ever costume/cosplay? Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman (basically just a yellow hazmat suit)

How often do you go to events or cons in costume/cosplay? As often as we can, normally at least 3 a month

What has been your favourite costuming moment so far? Being invited to an official press event for the Elden Ring board game because they loved my cosplay, it was in a venue called “the monastery” in Manchester

I felt special to be alongside Youtubers such as the Yogscast and a bunch of gaming journalists, some of which were flown in from America

Do you make your own costumes or is it bought? Master Chief is about 40% my work, mainly the paint and detailing the rest is commision work from some friends

T45 Power Armour was an Ebay snag, the original owner had it as a Darth Vader crossover so it was all black with a different helmet, I restored it to its former glory

Crucible knight was all my work, this was my first entirely self-made cosplay and it took me about a month to make at around 4hrs a day work, I wanted to get it finished to enter it into an upcoming competition but I didn’t win Subject Delta is about 85% my work, the under suit is a boiler suit that I attached fake leather with a sewing machine (was a struggle), the drill operates with a mini power drill inside (I had some help with that)

What advice would you give to anyone wanting to get into costuming/cosplay?

Just do it, don’t let anyone bring you down or make you feel inadequate, as long as you feel you have put the effort into it, it will be amazing and the cosplay community is very welcoming and supportive with WHATEVER help you need

Tell us 3 random facts about yourself?

1. I have a cupboard with like 40 prop weapons in it

2. I’m left handed

3. I keep some cosplays on mannequins (terrifies the letting agents)

What is your favourite fandom? Halo

Do you have a prized position/collectable? Master replicas Anakin Skywalker Lightsaber

What is your favourite computer/ arcade game? Halo

How can people follow you? @ CalvertCosplay

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17 February 2023

Running time: 125 minutes

Superhero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.

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Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Bill Murray, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, David Dastmalchian, Kathryn Newton, Katy O’Brian, Jonathan Majors,

William Jackson Harper Director: Peyton Reed

24 February 2023

Running time: 95 minutes

Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.

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Creed III

03 March 2023

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian – a fighter who has nothing to lose. Creed III is the third installment in the successful franchise and is Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut.

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Director: Michael B. Jordan

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17 March 2023

Running time: 130 minutes

From New Line Cinema comes “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” which continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “SHAZAM!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.

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The initial thought process with this was to set up a new website, and conduct interviews with authors, maybe review books I’ve read, and so on, maybe even get a guest blogger on-board with it. Now, don’t get me wrong, there was interest, but not enough to produce a launch in all honesty; that’s fine, no big deal, I’ll think of something else, I always do, and here we are, a new series for NE Online Magazine, where I interview local authors, talk about their lives and works, but I’ll also provide something akin to this each issue as well.

This will be an opinion piece, of sorts, of what’s going on in my own literary mind. Not necessarily a self-promotion piece, although I will mention, on occasion, what I’ve done or will be doing, but more about the books I’ve read in recent months, books I’ve bought, and a brief about the author you’ll find interviewed over the next few pages.

My bookshelves, they are stacked, but they aren’t anywhere near as full as they have been down the years, I recall one place I lived (when I was at university), there was three, full bookcases, downstairs alone; now I’ve just got one bookcase, and a small wicker stand which has my pride-and-joy John Grisham/JRRR Tolkien, and

Tove Jansson books.

The rest, I’ve everything from football/boxing/cycling, through art (fantasy/manga), music, journalism, sport psychology, comic, biography, thrillers, and fantasy and on and on....

Yes, the list is endless, it really is, and I’ve read so many more besides.

Favourites, before the past few months say, I’d have gone with Robert Harris’ ‘The Ghost,’ (a political thriller based around the writing of the memoirs of a prime minister, published 2007), Stan Nicholls’ ‘Orcs’ trilogy, Trudi Canavan’s ‘Black Magician’ trilogy are all up there, but, to be honest, when I took a chance and went outside my usual box, and yes, it was a football book, a new favourite emerged.

I have to give credit to author, Steven Bell, who’s first book was entitled ‘From Triumph to Tragedy

The Chapecoense Story (2019),’ for the research and brilliance within the pages of it. I do have a few books of football clubs/players from outside of our shores but, as I’ve said to a friend, just recently, they’re more for research purposes at times (I should read them), but this one, it hit everything for me. Chapecoense are a Brazilian football side whose rise from the lower echelons, to the top of the Brazilian game was to be marred by tragedy, on the eve of their biggest game; the book itself is intertwined with tales of travel, world cups, and so much more –it’s brilliant, and very much a new favourite of mine. Anyway, I’ve digressed a little just there, so, back to this, new series, and, first up in the local authors is that of Margaret Hedley, who you’ll read about over the coming pages.

Margaret has two books to her name, and is someone I came about, by accident really. However, because of shared interests, I was immediately drawn in.

‘Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah’s Story,’ and Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century: Hannah’s Daughter,’ are both well- researched, excellent reads. Either standalone, or, to be honest, best read in succession, it is the tale of a family history, Margaret’s family history, in the pit mining villages of County Durham, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Therefore, for me, it was the County Durham pit villages (I was born in one), and the family history/research element (I do my own and would love to turn a book or two from it); for yourselves though, have a read about her, and be sure to check out her material – there’s even a promise of more to come.....

I’m also delighted that Elaine Palmer has added contemporary literature talks to her amazing repertoire, and, with the first of those later this month, we introduce her, and them, over the following pages – it promises to be a special evening indeed.

You can follow my author mumblings (posts) via my Facebook https://www.facebook.com/petermannauthor and the ‘Books by Peter Mann’ on my website https:// insidemannmedia.wordpress.com/ books-by-peter-mann/

Over the past decade or so, County Durham author, and genealogist, Margaret Hedley has seen her life take on the guise of, well, other people’s lives.

The former teacher, of more than three decades, whose last employment was as a Head of Year at the Biddick School, in Washington, made the transition from education to genealogy, when following her passion for family history.

That passion, of what was her initially her own family, and dating back to the mideighties, has led to her helping others find out more about their own, family lines, in what is a timeconsuming, yet interesting, and rewarding, line of work to be in.

This would eventually lead to Mrs Hedley, who’ll be the tender age of 70 this coming summer, publishing, via The History Press, two books, based on her family story – Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah’s Story (2019), and Women of the Durham Coalfield in