The Essay - North East Free Thinkers
Series exploring the achievements of influential figures and institutions from the North East of England
The Essay - North East Free Thinkers - Audience Choice
Professor Richard Gameson explains why BBC Newcastle and Radio 3 audiences voted the medieval monk and chronicler the Venerable Bede as the North East's greatest-ever Free Thinker.
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The Essay - North East Free Thinkers - Gertrude Bell
Kitty Fitzgerald explores the achievements of Gertrude Bell, and archaeologist, army intelligence officer and mountaineer who created the controversial map of modern Iraq in 1921.
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The Essay - North East Free Thinkers - Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society
Poet Sean O'Brien on the growth of Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society or the Lit and Phil. It grew into one of the most important intellectual institutions of its age.
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The Essay - North East Free Thinkers - T Dan Smith
Writer and film-maker Graeme Rigby looks back on the life of T Dan Smith, former leader of Newcastle City Council. He envisioned the city as the 'Brasilia of the North'.
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The Essay - North East Free Thinkers - William Armstrong
Henrietta Heald celebrates the achievements of Victorian inventor and industrialist William Armstrong. He brought fame to the Tyne through manufacturing machinery and ships.
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