Brian, originally from Stretford, Lancashire, is a former assistant editor of the Financial Times and editor of Scotland on Sunday.

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A renowned singer who has performed at some of the world’s major opera houses, Suzannah began her working life at British Steel in Redcar before training at the Royal Northern College of Music. Described as the ‘female Lawrence of Arabia’, and by others as ‘The Queen of the Desert’, she was one of the greatest women of her time.

Currently Chancellor of Newcastle University, in the 2002 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood in recognition of his achievements in health and health care. The daughter of a miner, Gina is a hugely talented stage, screen and TV actress who won a BAFTA award for her role as Mary Soulsby in the iconic series Our Friends in the North. Born into a working class family - his dad looked after pit ponies - he studied fine art at the University of Newcastle and later became a pottery teacher in London, all the while aiming for a career in music. Refunds are available under certain specified circumstances, and Northern are dedicated to making these easier than ever to claim.

Northerners: The bestselling history of the North of England

Just over a decade later it had become a million selling publishing phenomenon, with characters like Sid the Sexist, Johnny Fartpants, Roger Mellie, Billy the Fish, The Fat Slags, Spoilt B*stard and Millie Tant. He has also carried out three space walks and in 2010, carried a flag modeled on that which flew on Captain Cook’s Endeavour to the International Space Station. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Rock hall of famer David Coverdale is the lead singer for the band Whitesnake whose hits included Here I Go Again and Is This Love. He met Dave Myers in 1995 on the set of a TV drama entitled The Gambling Man, on which he was the second assistant director.Fitted with turbine machinery, it achieved speeds of 34 knots and at the naval review held in 1897 caused a sensation by travelling faster than any other vessel afloat. The band, formed in Witton Gilbert, County Durham, had a number of hits, most notably “The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll”, which was a top ten single, as well as a number hit albums like Steve McQueen, Jordan: The Comeback and Andromeda Heights. A prolific children’s author, with 315 fiction and non-fiction books published in the past 40 years, selling over 32 million copies in over 40 languages.

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Yes, this might be hard for southerners to swallow, but many in the north actually refer to lunchtime as ‘dinner’.

The book covers 180 million years of history in a sweeping narrative from the dinosaurs to the present day, including the dramas around Brexit and the Red Wall. However, there are occasions when a southerner says or does something so bizarre to us northern folk that we can’t help but get irritated. St Oswald and Bede shaped the spiritual and cultural landscapes of Britain and Europe, and the world was revolutionised by the inventions of Richard Arkwright and the Stephensons. Eventually you learn to tone it down a bit – apart from when you’re drunk, or around people from your home town 3. For over 60 years she captivated theatre and cinema audiences, appearing in 113 stage plays in London and on Broadway, and starring in more than 60 films.