Lancashire: Exploring the Historic County that made the Modern World Chris Moss, London: Old Street, 2026, hb., 364pps., £25 In his classic 1902-1904 Collecteana, folklorist Vincent Stuckey Lean cites a proverb which has since passed into cliché – “Lancashire thinks today what all England will think tomorrow”. Travel writer Chris Moss’s task in this highly… Continue reading
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Leicester – the arrhythmic heart of England
Leicester – the arrhythmic heart of England The city of Leicester is about as far from the sea as one can get in England. But one sweltering August day, when everyone else was heading down to the beaches, we were driving in the opposite direction so that I could fill in a long-troubling gap on… Continue reading