Award-winning author Lorna Windham, working with Community Arts Project North East, has taken the St Hilda’s Pit disaster as an inspiration and created an audio play based on fact but is a fictionalised account. This moving drama was performed by an amateur community cast who are part of The Hive Radio Storytellers Audio Drama Group.  

Music Chris Ormston   Bagpipe music - Fathers and Sons: A Lament for Hartley

A Script in hand performance took place on 28th June 2019 to commemorate the 180th Anniversary of the disaster at St Hilda's Pit Head in South Shields funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund  through the Tyne and Wear Preservation Trust. 

From the Hive Radio Archives this is episode of the Realities Podcast from a group of refugees and asylum seekers from various parts of the world who have made their journey from the country of their birth to England discuss their experiences of life in England.

From the Hive Radio Archives this is episode 3 of the Realities Podcast from a group of refugees and asylum seekers from various parts of the world who have made their journey from the country of their birth to England discuss their experiences of life in England.

From the Hive Radio Archives this is episode 2 of the Realities Podcast from a group of refugees and asylum seekers from various parts of the world who have made their journey from the country of their birth to England discuss their experiences of life in England. 

The Realities Podcast group are refugees and asylum seekers from various parts of the world who have made their journey from the country of their birth to England. This episode covers some of their reasons for leaving and their experiences of coming to live in a new country.

An interview with the writers of Rule 55, where they discuss the inspiration, and the process of creating their first collaboration. 

Join us in listening to a community play based on a factual incident. Find out what happened to ordinary people whose lives were torn apart in December 1915.   The story addresses themes such as the effects of war, women’s rights and being true to oneself.  Original music and artwork has been specially written and designed by local musician Ben Hudson of folk group LOWP and local artist Stephen Pratt.