with the Radio 2 Arts
Programme
Austin Mitchell visits South
Shields for a north-eastern edition of the show.
From the stage of the town's new Customs House
Arts Centre, he examines a literary tradition that stretches from the Venerable Bede to
Catherine Cookson.
He also finds out how
Bloodaxe Books emerged from a garage in Gateshead to become Britain's premier poetry publishers.
Producer Geoff Sargieson