Sara Maitland explores the history of religious life in the North East, asking asks if there are lessons we can take from it to help us to navigate the modern world. Show more

Writer and sociologist Tom Shakespeare discusses former prime minister Charles Grey and the Great Reform Act of 1832. Show more

Poet Bill Herbert, who was born in Dundee but works at Newcastle University, asks how has Hadrian's Wall affected the long-term relationship between Scotland and England. Show more

Television writer Michael Chaplin considers the glorious part that trains have played in the life of the North, from George and Robert Stephenson to the present day. Show more

Writer Rebecca Jenkins argues that it is time for the North East to reclaim the glory of its rural culture and extinguish the cliches that never fully represented the region. Show more