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listenupnorth episodes

October 25, 2014 Sandie Shaw and the Millionth Marvell Cooker by Wendy Robertson
Set in a cooker factory in the swinging sixties, Wendy's Robertson reads an extract from her novel 'Sandie Shaw and the Millionth Marvell Cooker'.
20 min
September 23, 2014 Benchmark: a radio play by Rachel Cochrane
A young single mum and the ghost of a prim spinster find that they have more in common than they realised. Inspired by the 'In Loving Memory…' plaques found on park benches
42 min
June 05, 2014 Emily Who? We ask the public
Suffragette Emily Davison fatally wounded under the King's Racehorse 100 years ago.

She is now considered a national heroine - so we all know about her - right?

Listen to this vox pop asking people of the North East "Who was Emily Wilding Davison?" and "What were her Northumberland connections?"

Part of the Emily Inspires! project
5 min

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