Episodes
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Series Two Episode Five - Our Friends in the North
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
We are especially grateful to Peter Flannery - the writer of Our Friends in the North for this extensive interview. As fans of the series we felt it deserved a whole episode in this our second series of Grim Up North?. If you haven't seen it then there will be plot spoilers! It would be worth watching the series first, before you listen - it is a brilliant piece to TV - you wont be disappointed. This series defined an era and also has rather chilling echoes in our own time.
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Series Two Episode Four - Speaking the North
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
With many thanks to Dr Robert McKenzie from Northumbria University for giving his time and expertise. The book he mentioned is Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes: Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England, McKenzie, R., McNeill, A. 2023 If you want to share your experiences of accent prejudice or anything in reaction to this episode send your thoughts to grimupnorththepodcast@gmail.com.
The poem used at the beginning and end of the podcast by Tony Harrison can be heard at Them & (Uz) - Tony Harrison
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Series Two Episode Three - Cooking The North
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
We wish to thank Carly Lee and all at Maggie May's Cafe on Bold Street in Liverpool for their time and hospitality and of course the Scouse! We also want to extend our gratitude to Thom Hetherington for his time and extensive knowledge of the Northern food scene and his love of Manchester. Thanks to Eva Scott and Izzy Coward who voiced the piece from the T. Thompson story called ‘The Epicures’.
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Series Two Episode Two - Walking the North - Sheffield’s Edges
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
With thanks as ever to the KLF for the opening credits music. This podcast was recorded on Thursday 30th November on a very bight and cold day in Sheffield. With thanks to all those we spoke to, especially the staff at the Grind Cafe and Linley & Simpson estate Agents. Thanks to the South Street Kitchen for a lovely lunch. The songs you hear snippets of are Standing at the Sky's Edge by Richard Hawley, Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite by the Beatles and Common People by Pulp.
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Series Two - Episode One - Welcome to the North?
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
After a break for various projects including Matt's trip to South America and Adrian's to the Midwest of the USA and various publishing work we return with a new series of Grim Up North. Focussing on the issue of immigration to the North and the welcome (or not) we have extended to those who arrive here from other shores.
Our interview was with Zaiba Malik about her book 'We Are Muslim Please'. For more about Zaiba click here Thanks to Lemn Sissay for such a brilliant poem and to Fahaan for his love letter to Bradford. See episodes 33 and 34 of this podcast Working Class History for more of Tariq Mehmood and the Asian Youth Movements in Bradford. Finally thanks as ever to Ken Loach for his wonderful latest film The Old Oak. Some of the voices in the opening sequence are from this powerful movie. For More on this Film.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Episode Seven - Seeing the North
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
The Picture and Photos we mentioned can all be viewed on Adrian's Website at Seeing The North
This is the final Episode of Series One. We have had a blast doing these Podcasts and we hope you have enjoyed them as much as we have. Special thanks go to the Woodhorn Colliery Museum for allowing us to record in their fantastic space, and very special thanks to Vicky Jones one of the staff who was a modern version of the Pitmen Painters as she was studying for a history degree and shared her ambition to write about her home town and Ashington and the history of the North East. Her Grandad was an Ashington Miner and she gave us such a great tour!
You can view the the Theodore Major interview here. The Robson Green ITV documentary is very good about the Pitmen Painters you can see that here
We are taking a break to pursue other projects until May but there will be all sorts of extra and bonus material posted here in the mean time and please share the episodes you like with your friends. Remember it might seem Grim Up North but it is really Rich Up North! Matt and Adrian
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Episode Six - Acting the North
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
The opening jingle in order contains Coronation Street - Life on Mars - Dinner Ladies - Auf Wiedersehen, Pet - The Royal Family - The Last of the Summer Wine - Shameless - Peter Kay's Car Share and Kes. With thanks to Steve Waters https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/steve-waters for all his time and insights. Thanks too to Eva Scott. This is a link to her next production. https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/whats-on-and-tickets/betty-a-sort-of-musical.
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Episode Five | Angels of the North
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
With many thanks to Julie Milne, Chief Curator of the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne for her time and most enjoyable tour of the Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition. You can see them until 3rd December at https://laingartgallery.org.uk/whats-on/lindisfarne-gospels Also thanks to all the unsuspecting souls we shoved a microphone visiting the Angel of the North.
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Episode Four : Getting Carter - Noir from the North
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
With thanks to the makers of Get Carter. Matt and Adrian would also like to say a huge thank you to A. A. Dhand and Lesley McEvoy, both great crime writers for a fantastic conversation about Northern Noir. You can find their books on all good online booksellers and in all good bookshops. Credit also to the Red Riding Trilogy and to the wonderful Happy Valley that is about to go into a third season. You can comment and enter the conversation with Matt and Adrian at grimupnorththepodcast@gmail.com or on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1630818283956087
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Episode Three | The Defeated North?
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Many thanks to Chris Peace and Kate Flannery - in the interview Kate's is the first voice you hear, followed by Chris. They are from the Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign https://otjc.org.uk We wish them well in all their work.
Thanks also to Lesley Boulton for taking us back to Orgreave and telling us the story of that day.
We also want to acknowledge John Harris who took the photo we discussed. Here is a link to a photographic essay about the strike and the day. The Miners Strike - A Photo Essay
Gratitude to Harry Paterson for his interview with us. His book Look Back in Anger is widely available. His website is worth a good look. https://harrypaterson.com
Thanks as always to the KLF for Grim Up North, and to Billy Bragg for such a great rendition of Joe Hill's There is Power in a Union.
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