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A1 Love – The Greatness of The Great North Road

by Mark Simpson
December 7, 2013December 22, 2020

Mark Simpson goes on a road trip connecting four countries: England, Scotland, the UK – & Yorkshire What’s so ‘Great’ about ‘The Great North Road’? Better known in our more impatient era as the A1? Well, if you’re unfortunate enough to find yourself in the south, it takes you to the… Read More »A1 Love – The Greatness of The Great North Road

The Union is Over Already – But ‘Britain’ is Still Keeping England Down

by Mark Simpson
April 9, 2007January 23, 2012

by Mark Simpson (Guardian Unlimited, April 8, 2007) It’s over. ‘Britain’ and ‘Britishness’ are politically moribund terms. The proof? Scottish-flavoured New Labour’s recent laughable attempts to resurrect “Britishness” as an “inclusive” post-Imperial identity. Not so much because they flopped as the fact that Britannia was now such an empty vessel… Read More »The Union is Over Already – But ‘Britain’ is Still Keeping England Down