Stephen Roberts documents the fascinating life of the Northumbrian-born modernising Church of Scotland minister Rev’d Robert Lee, who did not shy away from controversy

As we enter remembrance season, John Grundy considers the centuries of coastal invasion and battle our region has endured, beginning way back when

In the latest in his series celebrating great Northumbrians through history, Stephen Roberts profiles James Redpath (1833-1891), journalist, anti-slavery campaigner and activist

We know the music hall classic I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside, but who remembers the star who made it a hit, Mark Sheridan? Nicholas McDonald Lyons looks at the ultimately tragic life of the Northumbrian-born stage hero

Margaret McAllister recounts the stories of deaths in the snow and more curiosities from the village of Whittingham, which is small, but mighty in stories

John Grundy recalls the diarist and traveller Elizabeth Percy, 1st Duchess of Northumberland, who was rich, well-travelled, and did things her own way

In the latest in his series celebrating great Northumbrians through history, Stephen Roberts profiles Sir George Airy (1801-1892), Astronomer Royal, writer, scientist, father of Greenwich Meantime, and son of Alnwick

In the latest in his series profiling great names through history, Stephen Roberts considers the life and legacy of the feminist pioneer Josephine Butler (1828-1906)

John Grundy explores the little village of Bothal – a hidden gem near Morpeth that he’d actually prefer you not to visit for fear of spoiling it, so just read this instead and leave it in peace

In the latest in his series profiling great names through history, Stephen Roberts considers the life and legacy of Henry Percy

Alnwick’s medieval town walls have long since vanished. Or have they? Steve Newman takes a walk around town to explore the ghosts of the walls that once enclosed it.

Michael Lyons chronicles the life of the great Victorian naturalist and illustrator Prideaux John Selby, of Twizell, Northumberland

People the world over love a ghost story at Christmas, and as E JAY GILBERT reports in her new book, while the same tropes, such as the White Lady, endure worldwide, each spirit is peculiar to its locality.

Jane Pikett meets the conservationists looking after Hexham Abbey, founded AD 674.

Stephen Roberts chronicles the lives of the brothers (and sister) Dalziel behind the famed Victorian wood engraving business.

John Evans chronicles some of the folk customs common to the region, particularly during Christmas and New Year.

John Grundy gives thanks for the beauty and tranquillity of Brinkburn Priory.

Stephen Roberts considers the Second Boer War and the region’s memorials to the fallen of that conflict.

Stephen Roberts profiles Mark Akenside (1721-70), poet, physician, disputant, and a name long familiar to the people of Newcastle.

As we welcome the new Carolean era, Stephen Roberts ooks back to King Charles III’s Hanoverian ancestors.