Stuart Maconie’s new book Pies and Prejudice, In Search of the North is a cracking good read. I’m almost finished it and have just discovered the village where I was born and bred even gets a name-check. It’s mostly the North-West that he covers in the book but I can just about forgive him for that as it’s a cracking read. Mind you, the reason I like the book so much is that I’m probably his intended audience being a Northerner having an ongoing love/hate relationship with living in London. Travelling either on GNER or by road, my North begins at York. For Maconie-man, the North begins in Stoke on Trent, which sounds more like the Midlands to me.
5 comments:
Not as good as 'Cider with Roadies' - but still a great read for us self indulgent Northeners.
The North begins at Manchester.
My fella reckons it's Sheffield.
I found it got on my nerves a bit towards the end. It was as though you can't love the north without hating the south. I enjoyed it though, all in all.
The north starts at Grantham.
Nora
Did you read this book? Stuart says in the 2nd chapter the north for him starts in Crewe.
I thought everyone knew the North starts at Watford.
Post a Comment