Listen to the Biographicon podcasts, hosted by Dr Declan McCormack
In this trailer, I introduce myself and the cast of characters that will appear in the upcoming Biographicon podcasts.
Be warned – you may risk arrest if you listen to this podcast! Join human geographer Alastair Bonnett on a psychogeograhic tour of Newcastle upon Tyne seen through the mind of the radical Thomas Spence.
Professor Jon Mee joins me in this episode to talk about the cantankerous northern antiquarian Joseph Ritson, the man who is responsible for making Robin Hood a champion of the poor.
In this episode, Barbara Crosbie and I talk about why modern English's first female grammarian Anne Fisher was such a trailblazer, and the work Barbara has done to revive interest in this significant northern figure.
In this episode, I talk with cultural historian Gillian Russell about Wilkinson, York and the ephemerality of eighteenth-century theatre and performance.
In this episode Dr Amélie Addison reveals new findings about the prolific musician and composer William Shield
In this episode Rachel Hammersley joins me in Newcastle’s Lit and Phil to talk about the Presbyterian preacher and writer James Murray who helped to radicalise the region.
In this episode Richard Pears and I discuss William Newton, arguably Northern England's first home-grown architect
In this episode I am joined by Helen Williams, a specialist in eighteenth-century book history to find out about the Newcastle-born printer, newspaper editor and radical Sarah Hodgson.
In this episode I look at the actor James Field Stanfield who made Sunderland his home in the 1790s where he promoted the abolition of slavery and founded the town's first subscription library.
