North by North-East

<p>If many an old tale is to be believed, the north-east of England is a favourite haunt of one of Albion’s most infamous monstrosities: the worm.</p> <p>No, we do not speak of the humble, soil-dwelling invertebrate...

<p>We hope you have your swashes buckled (or buckles swashed?) in preparation for this terrifically Tudor instalment of North by North-East.</p> <p>Indeed, Ben and Glen are riding full pelt into the 1569 Rising of the...

<p>After a slight hiatus (partly due to Ben feeling like he was full of boiler smoke over winter), the North by North-East podcast is finally back on track. </p> <p>Our latest stop on the North by North-East mainline is...

<p>In this edition of North by North-East, Ben and Glen uncover the remarkable tale of how two Tyneside sisters-in-law, Ellen and Anna Richardson, helped one of the most famous Americans of their age secure his...

<p>In this special episode, we head on over to Hartlepool's Headland to speak with the staff and volunteers of the Heugh Battery Museum, the site of the UK's only First World War battlefield.</p> <p>We chat about some...

<p>In this episode, Ben and Glen dive into the remarkable story of how a painter and decorator from South Tyneside fulfilled his impossible dream by bringing the world’s most famous sportsman, Muhammad Ali, to the North...

<p>Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Ishy Din joins us to talk about his latest play, Champion, inspired by Muhammad Ali’s 1977 visit to South Shields.</p> <p>Ishy also shares some insights into his wider...

<p>We're turning back the clock to December 1914, examining a moment when the Great War quite literally hit home for Britain. Indeed, the bombardment of the Hartlepools was not just significant for the people of the...

<p>In our first (official) episode, we travel back to 1926, a year dominated by industrial unrest and political discord. Like the Flying Scotsman, our destination is Cramlington. Unlike the Flying Scotsman, we're here...

<p>We have the pleasure of chatting with both Ed Waugh, the writer of 'The Cramlington Train Wreckers', and Russell Floyd, the play's director. Focused on the 1926 derailment of the Flying Scotsman by striking miners...

<p>Well, this it it, we've reached the end of our ethnonymic/demonymic/whatevernymic journey.</p> <p>In this sixth and final part of our series, we identify some of the common trends that link the topics discussed, and...

<p>In this fifth part of the North East Ethnonyms series, Glen and Ben scour the British Newspaper Archive in search of pertinent materials.</p> <p>In a segment that has been christened 'Cold off the Press' (wordplay is...

<p>We head on down the A1 (or the A19?) as we turn our attention to our final ethnonym of focus: Smoggie.</p> <p>In their quest to define Smoggie, Glen and Ben scrutinise English counties, consult Hansard, and take to...

<p>In Part 3 of our exploration of the numerous nicknames for native northeasterners, we head on over to Wearside to meet the Mackems.</p> <p>As Glen and Ben take a saunter through the saga of this Sunderland-centred...

<p>In the second part of our series, we take on North East England's 'ethnonym-in-chief': Geordie.</p> <p>Many denizens of our region would lay claim to this noted nickname, citing various reasons of various repute.</p>...