The Essay - Free Thinking 2010 - New Histories of the North East
Series of discussions offering new perspectives on the history of North East England - all recorded in front of an audience at BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival 2010
The Essay - Free Thinking 2010 - New Histories of the North East - A Landscape for Everyman
Writer Rebecca Jenkins argues that it is time for the North East to reclaim the glory of its rural culture and extinguish the cliches that never fully represented the region.
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The Essay - Free Thinking 2010 - New Histories of the North East - Earl Grey and the Promise of Reform
Writer and sociologist Tom Shakespeare discusses former prime minister Charles Grey and the Great Reform Act of 1832.
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The Essay - Free Thinking 2010 - New Histories of the North East - Hadrian's Wall - Across the Divide
Poet Bill Herbert, who was born in Dundee but works at Newcastle University, asks how has Hadrian's Wall affected the long-term relationship between Scotland and England.
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The Essay - Free Thinking 2010 - New Histories of the North East - Inheritance Tracks
Television writer Michael Chaplin considers the glorious part that trains have played in the life of the North, from George and Robert Stephenson to the present day.
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The Essay - Free Thinking 2010 - New Histories of the North East - Old Religion, New Ideas
Sara Maitland explores the history of religious life in the North East, asking asks if there are lessons we can take from it to help us to navigate the modern world.
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