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.

Stephen Roberts profiles that other great railway engineer and collaborator with the Stephensons, Sir Daniel Gooch (1816-89).

It might be tiny, but the village of Edlingham is home to
three remarkable properties, as John Grundy reveals.

NM Lyons profiles the character actor Henry Travers, It’s A Wonderful Life’s guardian angel and a son of Prudhoe.

Next time you take a winter walk up The Cheviot, spare a thought for the 18th century writer Daniel Defoe, says Martin Dufferwiel.

John Grundy sets out to look at the history of Ponteland, only to be distracted by St Mary’s church.

Stephen Roberts profiles the bookbinder, pioneer in typography and friend of the Arts and Crafts movement, Thomas Cobden-Sanderson (1840-1922).

Rob Scott remembers the 1926 General Strike and the imprisonment of eight Cramlington miners for the derailing of a passenger train.