Author: Andy Rivers

Blood, Sweat and Beers or how I (nearly) became a Geordie gazelle

Posted by Andy Rivers | Apr 7, 2014 | Authors & Reviews, Books

The literature to which I was exposed in my childhood and youth didn’t extend beyond The Beano,...

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Newcastle’s Quay of Life

Posted by Andy Rivers | Feb 27, 2014 | Heritage

There’s a point in Byker where, just between the 60s council flats and the Legoland...

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SHIT HAPPENS: Jeremy Kyle meets The Thorn Birds

Posted by Andy Rivers | Feb 25, 2014 | Authors & Reviews, Books

Eileen Wharton, a novelist from County Durham, says that you don’t have to be posh to be...

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Byker Books: The Best of British

Posted by Andy Rivers | Jan 20, 2014 | Authors & Reviews, Books

When you hear the phrase ‘Best of British’ what does it make you think? Foamy pints of English ale...

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