North East Ethnonyms Part 2: What Is a Geordie?

For this edition of North East Natters, we're chatting with Nikki Bell, founder of the North East Folklore Society and host of the Whisht! Lads podcast. Through the society, Nikki works to make folklo...

12 Kesä 38min

How did a relatively unassuming Newcastle-based building society find itself at the centre of a major international news story? To answer that very question, Ben and Glen seek to crack the code to the...

31 Touko 1h 46min

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. No, we do not speak of the humble, soil-dwelling inverte...

30 Huhti 1h 45min

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

31 Maalis 1h 49min

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.  Our latest stop on the North by North-East ma...

23 Helmi 1h 28min

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 sec...

14 Syys 20251h 47min

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. We chat abo...

4 Kesä 202535min

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 A...

21 Touko 20251h 42min