After visiting BBC Newcastle twice in 2018, the SHEROES group of girls enjoyed a tour of the studios as well as a recording session. Click on the link below to here the girls on BBC Radio Newcastle, broadcast live on Sunday 3rd February 2019.  

Words from Peter Livsey: On the day before the commemoration I went first to visit the Abbey before security was put in place. I knew it was closed the whole weekend, but I was able to walk up to the west entrance and saw the Field of Remembrance – hundreds of little crosses arranged by […]Read Post ›

On the evening of Sunday 11 November 2019, Peter Livsey attended the National Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.   Part 2  

Back in May, we received an invitation to nominate our Heritage Lottery Funded Project for the unique opportunity to attend the National Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey. The service marks the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, taking place on 11 November 2018. There were 300 places to be allocated by ballot to HLF project […]Read Post ›

  The Otherness Project is a Hertiage Lottery Funded Project which introduced a group of Muslim girls from Newcastle upon-Tyne to the involvement and contribution of Indian Soldiers and volunteers in the First World War through a series of creative research workshops in a number of key cultural establishments within the North East. This project […]Read Post ›

The Gertrude Bell Archive held at Newcastle University has been recognised by UNESCO  as a collection of global significance. Because of the places Bell visited during the times that she visited them, the evidence of such held within the archives is significantly important to  the memories of our time and beyond. Dr Mark Jackson, co-curator […]Read Post ›

Friday 8 December saw the project Beyond Destruction come to a successful end. It was good to see the general public come out to view images from the Gertrude Bell Archives sitting side by side with images of present day Syria, Iraq and Iran. Presentations were given throughout the afternoon by Dr Mark Jackson and […]Read Post ›

The final sharing event for the project Beyond Destruction takes please tomorrow. From 1-4pm at the Old Low Lights Heritage Centre, North Shields Fish Quay, there will be an opportunity to view images from the Gertrude Bell Archive, curtesy of Newcastle University. There will also be a presentation from all parties involved about this research […]Read Post ›

After several months of research, presentations and workshops, Beyond Destruction, an AHRC funded First World War project, is coming to an end. With the aim of sharing the Gertrude Bell Archive, information, research and creative responses within and around the archive, there will be a special event held on Friday 8th December, 1 -5pm at the […]Read Post ›

We have a contribution from Mr Putros Qasha in Iraq who is an artist, a calligrapher and a sculptor.He sent us some examples of his artwork. Mr Qasha sees his creation as a continuation of the Assyrian culture and heritage and a way of responding to cultural destruction in his hometown. More can be seen […]Read Post ›