Low Light — A Shanty by Katrina Porteous
Low Light — A Shanty by Katrina Porteous 🎶 Katrina Porteous is a renowned poet from Northumberland. She is President of the Northumbrian Language Society… Read More »Low Light — A Shanty by Katrina Porteous
Fishing
And for Canny Shiels We Soon Were Baring
“And for Canny Shiels We Soon Were Baring” 🎶 Canny Shields in one of greatest folk songs ever ‘The Shoals of Herring’ is about a… Read More »And for Canny Shiels We Soon Were Baring
What the First ‘Shields’ Were Like
The priors of Tynemouth were not just pious clergymen, they were also almost like pirate kings and powerful overlords of the area. They spent much… Read More »What the First ‘Shields’ Were Like