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Dan Jackson / “This felt like the book that I needed to get out”
Articles · Interview · Newcastle and North East

Dan Jackson / “This felt like the book that I needed to get out”

September 29, 2019June 30, 2020 Tom Draper1 Comment

Historian Dan Jackson talks about the ideas behind his new book – The Northumbrians: North-East England and its People

A Tale of Two Cities: Newcastle and Sunderland
Articles · Newcastle and North East

A Tale of Two Cities: Newcastle and Sunderland

September 7, 2019April 5, 2026 Tom Draper3 Comments

Newcastle and Sunderland’s fierce rivalry is said to date back to the English Civil War. But is it a relatively recent phenomenon?

Alexander Millar and the Appeal of the Gadgie
Articles · Newcastle and North East

Alexander Millar and the Appeal of the Gadgie

October 20, 2016October 25, 2019 Tom Draper4 Comments

Alexander Millar’s Gadgie, the Geordie working man clad in flat clap and creased suit jacket, crops up everywhere in his artistic work. In this piece I explore what exactly it means.

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