Leona Skelton

Leona Skelton

Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in Humanities, Northumbria University. Environmental historian of water exploring relationships between people and rivers, reservoirs and sanitation infrastructure

Location Gateshead, North-East England

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  • It's all up for debate and I'm delighted to see so many contributions to the discussions.

    Whether we like it or not, coal, shipbuilding (and even Newcastle Brown Ale) continue to symbolise the region powerfully in the minds of those living outside its borders in the UK and far beyond it. I'm not advocating these icons as positive, relevant or desirable...

  • The subtitles were produced automatically using transcription software and I was unaware of these errors. I attached a pdf of my own transcription which is correct and have now corrected all of the automatic subtitles for week one. I'll ensure the subsequent weeks are also corrected ahead of schedule. I'm sorry you found this distracting.

  • The subtitles were produced automatically using transcription software and I was unaware of these errors. I attached a pdf of my own transcription which is correct and have now corrected all of the automatic subtitles for week one. I'll ensure the subsequent weeks are also corrected ahead of schedule. I'm sorry you found this distracting.

  • The subtitles were produced automatically using transcription software and I was unaware of these errors. I attached a pdf of my own transcription which is correct and have now corrected all of the automatic subtitles for week one. I'll ensure the subsequent weeks are also corrected ahead of schedule. I'm sorry you found this distracting.