Biographicon
Biographicon is a cultural psychogeography of the Northern Enlightenment
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Sarah Hodgson, a radical type, with Helen Williams
In this episode I am joined by Helen Williams, a specialist in eighteenth-century book history to find out about the Newcastle-born printer, newspaper...
The Cumberland Bard, with Sue Allan
This episode features Dr Sue Allan, an expert on Cumbria’s folk tradition, talking about one of the most significant dialect poets of Georgian Northern...
Preach It! Rachel Hammersley on James Murray
A major influence on the radical Thomas Spence, James Murray was a preacher who used the pulpit and print to promote new ideas. As well as publishing...
William Newton and the North’s Rural Renaissance, with Richard Pears
Richard Pears and I discuss William Newton, arguably northern England's first home-grown architect who was responsible for Newcastle’s Assembly Rooms...
William Shield: no Geordie Dick Whittington, with Amélie Addison
William Shield was born in the village of Swalwell near Gateshead in County Durham. Through the help of his friend, the poet and actor
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