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Tony Henderson

Tony Henderson

Historic banner on display

A PROTEST banner carried by the North East’s first woman GP has gone on public display for the first time in almost a century.Read

Charting changing styles of pop world

Pop stars from the 1950s to the present day will feature in a new North-East exhibition.Read

Holker's fleecy follies

Amid the lovely countryside of South Lakeland, it was with sheer delight that we found ourselves royally entertained by 20 performing sheep.Read

When trains finally ran out of puff

Farewell to Steam by Roger Siviter (Sutton Publishing, £19.99) - The end of steam on Britain's railways was truly the passing of an era.Read

High priest of a sport's cathedrals

Tony Henderson on the winning recipe of the architect who created many of Britain's most famous football grounds.Read

Illustrious journey of great North engineer

Growing up in the shadow of an increasingly famous father like George Stephenson must have been an intense experience for son Robert.Read

Bill Wyman

Bill's delight at ancient stones

A one-time Stone rolled into Tyneside yesterday to launch a new book. Tony Henderson on Bill Wyman's passion for prehistory.Read

Era when every day was a Tall Ships day

Come July the Tall Ships on the Tyne will be pulling in the crowds. The big attraction is the novelty of the ships. But not so very long ago such vessels were a run of the mill sight on the river, as a new book by Dick Keys and Ken Smith makes clear.Read

A hunger for life that survives all

Before technology made mobility easy and life relatively risk-free, what astonishing lives were lived by the great explorers over the centuries.Read

One Lord and his dog, Bounce

One of the region's neglected heroes is pulled out of the shadows of history by a new book. Tony Henderson on a timely homage to Admiral Lord Collingwood.Read

Artistic impulse to preserve urban gem

Celebrating Tyneside heritage is an Irving family trait. It was artist William Irving, who lived at Jesmond in Newcastle, who produced the painting of the Blaydon Races which The Journal successfully campaigned to bring back to the North-East after it was put up for auction in London.Read

Sheryle Muxworthy of The Hancock with a Replica Gold Necklace from the Iron Age

Treasure trove of history

More than 2,000 visitors in the first four days of a new exhibition of treasures on Tyneside have already been dazzled by the opulence of the items on display.Read

Postcards set off passion for photos

Paul Perry's passion for photographs goes back a long way.Read

The Bomb left its mark on our land

Growing up under the shadow of the mushroom cloud was the lot of post-war generations and those who had endured the Second World War.Read

Dive in to find buried treasure

With a spectacular display of buried treasure due to open in the North-East two divers are stunning archaeologists with their own haul of sunken treasure.Read

Wanderers return – 44 years on

There will be a full house when rockers return to the venue where they made their debut 44 years ago.Read

Goings on were nothing short of criminal

Today footballers in the top tier are sitting on a weekly wages gold mine.Read

Nine's a magical number

It's the number many small boys dream about in the North-East. Tony Henderson on the magic of No 9.Read

Clogs, a tea cosy, no Peter Rabbit

Sculptor Josefina de Vasconcellos and her painter husband Delmar Banner became chums with children's author Beatrix Potter when they moved to the Lake District to live.Read

Ghosts rise up to tackle the hunt

Peace and quiet seems to be increasingly hard to come by for the North-East's ghosts.Read

Author Profile

Environment editor Tony Henderson was writing about green matters long before they were fashionable. A well-respected voice on everything from recycling and architecture to nature and heritage matters, he is a multi-award winner and has also published two books of articles from his popular My Country feature.