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BBC Radio 3's The Essay: Free Thinkers of the North East
T. Dan Smith - The Man with the Plan

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  1. Saturday 24 October
  2. 1.00pm - 1.30pm
  3. The Sage Gateshead, Hall One Foyer, Level Two

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Writer and filmmaker Graeme Rigby looks back at the Newcastle city boss whose architectural "Brasilia of the North" captured the headlines in the 1960s.

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