JOHN GRUNDY describes how North Shields established itself as a premier fishing port, and avoided further aggravation from its larger neighbour upriver.

SUSIE WHITE visits John and Pauline Clough’s garden at Adderstone House, which has undergone a transformation since they first saw it 12 years ago.

SUSAN BURKE visits artist Anna Turnbull at her north Northumberland workshop to hear about the scope of her work with basketry, willow sculpture and felt-making.