Informative, vivid and richly illustrated, this volume explores the history of England's northern borders – the former counties of Northumberland, Cumberland,

Two hundred years of industry have transformed the landscape. This book enables the reader to reconstruct the landscape of past industry and to study the former

This book examines the literary impact of famed British poet, Barry MacSweeney, who worked at the forefront of poetic discovery in post-war Britain. Agitated eq

Poplulation migration is one of the demographic and social processes which have structured the British economy and society over the last 250 years. It affects i

Is North East England really a coherent and self-conscious region? The essays collected here address this topical issue, from the middle ages to the present day