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 legend of the Danish King Cnut attempting to bid back the waves springs to mind when considering the response of London apparatchiks to Scotland’s tidal movement away from the Union in general and London in particular. Scotland, led by a Scots Nationalist government recently re-elected by a landslide, is… Read More »Bring Back the Danelaw
Mark Simpson on the search for ‘The North’ (Independent on Sunday, 28 January, 2007) Stuart Maconie is looking for the north. It’s not really so difficult to find, but we’re only a few pages into his new travelogue Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North and he’s already hopelessly lost.… Read More »The Smell of Chip Fat at Teatime