Comprehensive guide to what remains of the North East's Mining Heritage
The story behind Martin Luther King's historic, but largely forgotten visit to Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1967, placing King's visit within another lost history: the history of links between the African American freedom struggle and the North East of England.
A colour review of John Dixon's contribution to railway, mining and maritime engineering.
An account of conditions on the Home Front in Newcastle and Tyneside during the Second World War. Featuring previously unpublished photographs and first hand accounts, it tells the moving story of survival and struggle during this devastating conflict.
Biographies of women of the north east who have made local, national and international contributions to society.
An unorthodox autobiography detailing a 50 year career in the music, entertainment and film industry.
In this follow up to the author's hugely popular History of Newcastle, John Grundy turns his attention to the vast and beguiling history of Northumberland. John... Læs mere
A moving photographic account of the Covid-19 pandemic in Newcastle upon Tyne. A record of one of the strangest periods in the city's history, and tribute to those who lost their lives and those to risked everything to help protect us.
Authors Joyce Quin and Moira Kilkenny went in search of more north east women whose achievements have either been overlooked or deserve... Læs mere