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Trailblazers by Periplum

Celebrating Tees Valley women as innovators, activists, workers and adventurers. These are the Trailblazers - their stories, their lived experience, their words.

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Episode 13: Kirsten Luckins, Poet and Director of Tees Women Poets

Episode 13

September 02, 2025

Episode 13: Kirsten Luckins, Poet and Director of Tees Women Poets

Writer, Artist and Director of Tees Women Poets, Kirsten Luckins recounts the family myth surrounding her name and the travels of her freewheeling youth....

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Episode 14: Linda Dooks, Published Writer

Episode 14

September 02, 2025

Episode 14: Linda Dooks, Published Writer

Billingham-based author Linda Dooks recalls her strict upbringing on her adoptive family’s farm, where an overbearing mother told her she would never amount to...

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Episode 15: Lisa Connor, SEND Educator

Episode 15

September 02, 2025

Episode 15: Lisa Connor, SEND Educator

Lisa is Creative Director at Priory Woods School & Art College, an all-age community special school in East Middlesbrough. Raised in a council house...

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Episode 16: Dr Vera Jones, Environmental Consultant

Episode 16

September 02, 2025

Episode 16: Dr Vera Jones, Environmental Consultant

Environmental Consultant Dr Vera Jones, who has been shortlisted for the WISE Outstanding Women In Science Award, is a specialist in water quality, and...

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Episode 17: Aisha Lama, Founder of Write Yourself Well

Episode 17

September 02, 2025

Episode 17: Aisha Lama, Founder of Write Yourself Well

Poet and creative learning practitioner, Aisha discusses her love of Teesside and how she made it her home after leaving her native Reading. She...

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Episode 18: Jane Bizimana, Visual Artist

Episode 18

September 02, 2025

Episode 18: Jane Bizimana, Visual Artist

Jane is a visual artist whose work has been shown at ARC Stockton, the Python Gallery, Middlesbrough, and in South Korea. Born in Rwanda,...

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