As Newcastle industrialised the population boomed, rendering the people of the city susceptible to waterborne diseases and outbreaks. As...

"Going to the dogs" was an integral stitch in the social fabric of mining communities. Independent, or "flapping" tracks, congregated the...

The year 1814 witnessed George Stephenson construct his first steam locomotive while working as an enginewright at the West Moor Pit,...

Writer, historian and broadcaster Miriam Bibby explores the relationship between the divisive Romantic Lord Byron and our region, where...