Ahead of the launch of our photography exhibition Spirit of the North, artist and photographer John Kippin shares his top tips for creating great images (on your camera phone or otherwise).Read more

The escalating militant activism of the suffragettes shook the establishment and made the front page.Read more

During the First World War the Merchant Navy – the Mercantile Marine – was thrust into the conflict, becoming the supply service of the Royal Navy.Read more

In England, the word Nonconformist can describe Protestants who do not conform to the doctrines or practices of the Church of England.Read more

More public houses were built in the years 1945-1985 than in any other period in English history, yet pubs of these years are now highly threatened.Read more