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`He offers an affectionate trip through the region that is more thematic than geographical ... Wainwright's amiable and illuminating anecdotes are supported by a superb selection of photographs from the only national newspaper that began life outside the capital ... Born in the West Riding, he lives just outside Leeds, and while that lends True North a certain Yorkshire bias, any book that references Saint Hilda and Les Dawson in the same chapter is clearly worth a look' --Daily Mail
`True North is his love letter to `England's Better Half', a gently paced modern history taking in culture, nature and cottage industries. He doesn't ignore stereotypes so much as moderate them with wit and unlikely facts ... Northerners will revel in all the local colour, while southerners will continue to wonder what all the fuss is about' --Metro
`Calling on a mix of memoir and history, the author looks at the old North, and the new revitalised North of today. In exploring how and why the region has changed, he writes compellingly in praise of people and places. It's a fascinating read'
--Choice Magazine, Book of the Month
`True North is his love letter to `England's Better Half', a gently paced modern history taking in culture, nature and cottage industries. He doesn't ignore stereotypes so much as moderate them with wit and unlikely facts ... Northerners will revel in all the local colour, while southerners will continue to wonder what all the fuss is about' --Metro
`Calling on a mix of memoir and history, the author looks at the old North, and the new revitalised North of today. In exploring how and why the region has changed, he writes compellingly in praise of people and places. It's a fascinating read'
--Choice Magazine, Book of the Month
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A unique exploration of the myths and the reality of the North of England written by the Guardian's Northern Editor
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An entertaining survey,
By Mr. Alec Theobald (Lancs) - See all my reviews
This review is from: True North: In praise of England's better half (Paperback)
Martin Wainwright is a very good writer, and in this amusing and sometimes very perceptive book he provides an eclectic but always engaging account of some of the facts and fictions relating to "The North". There are some fascinating illustrations, some deft and insightful observations and many playful and pleasing arguments about views from inside and out. I enjoyed it greatly.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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sitha lad, thart a reet blether skite,
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This review is from: True North: In Praise of England's Better Half (Hardcover)
If anyone wants to read about the True North DO NOT READ this book. Even the flyleaf gives a totally inaccurate synopsis of the contents:a picture of the north as it is today. This was what I expected but what I got was a dark, gloomy history of the area between Leeds and Manchester with only the odd glimpse of anywhere else in the North of England. As for the "setting of wild coastlines, lakes and green dales" etc just a few passing words."..brilliant new enterprises" again receive just a few passing words.Great Ayton is "over" the Tees-floating or north? In actual fact it is about 8 miles south of the Tees. How many other errors are there?
Steeped in a grim political history of just a minute part of what is the North of England, lots of references to unheard of people in the Leeds to Manchester corridor and lots of name dropping-who I lunched/dined with; who I met at school prize givings etc. Ever heard of: "See all, hear all, say nowt?" Move back to the South of England and never say another word about the North.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed,
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This review is from: True North: In Praise of England's Better Half (Hardcover)
Whilst the author has a vast and varied knowledge of the people, their customs and habits and achievements he has approached the text like a scatter gun so that you jump from one side of the region to another in such a way as to become mentally dizzy. He obviously does not want to exclude anyone but a more thematic control of each chapter eg. music, painting, engineering etc. might have made it more digestible and more onjoyable. Whilst it has much of interest I didn't think it supported the case for the strenght of The North as well as I expected. However there are facts revealed that surprised me, particularly about my own area in what was the West Riding.
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