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To Hull and Back - On Holiday in Unsung Britain Kindle Edition
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LanguageEnglish
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Publication date13 Dec. 2010
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File size1736 KB
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"Writer Tom Chesshyre celebrates the UK--but not the traditional tourist hotspots . . . discovering pleasure in the unregarded wonders of the 'unfashionable underbelly' of Britain." --Mail on Sunday
"You warm to Chesshyre, whose cultural references intelligently inform his postcards from locations less travelled." --The Times --This text refers to the paperback edition.
About the Author
Tom Chesshyre is a travel journalist based in London and the author of How Low Can You Go? Round Europe for 1p Each Way (Plus Tax), which sold over 10,000 copies (Hodder, 2007). Currently staff travel writer for The Times, he has previously worked for Cambridge Evening News, Sporting Life, Sky Sports and The Daily Telegraph and writes frequently for the Mail on Sunday.
--This text refers to the paperback edition.
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- ASIN : B005BHQDXA
- Publisher : Summersdale Publishers Ltd (13 Dec. 2010)
- Language : English
- File size : 1736 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 321 pages
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- 518 in Travel in the United Kingdom
- 801 in Travel Writing (Kindle Store)
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2014
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If there are places you would never think of visiting, read this book and think again. I have to say I doubt that I wold choose to holiday in any of them, but a day or two might be possible. I know Hull quite well and was impressed by its sympathetic treatment. The people make the place, plus of course, its history and industries which are in many cases fascinating in themselves. It also has some culture, an excellent art gallery, a museum that does a good job of making anyone think twice about whaling and slavery and theatres. The other places are given similar treatmeant and perhaps in the coure of time I might get round to seeing them in real life. I would never have thought about them before.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2014
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I love Tom Chesshyre's books! This was the first one I read (I think it was the first one he published), and made me mad keen to go to Londonderry for a while after reading it. Sadly I think I lent it to someone and it hasn't come back, so I can't remember exactly all the places he wrote about, but the premise was that he travelled to some of the most unloved parts of Britain and as I remember, he was pretty positive in general. I thought very fondly of this book when Hull was named as UK City of Culture recently. I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in Britain or travel writing, and will have to buy myself another copy!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2019
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Loved this book, it has made me want to visit all these back and beyond places except Croydon. Unfortunately 10 years out of date, so a lot of things may have moved on.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2011
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This is an entertaining and funny journey around the more unfashionable towns of the UK and Tom is a funny guy to accompany around his explorations of these places. This book has inspired me to check out a couple of these destinations myself (Norwich & Derry & Hull in particular). I know Salford which he visits in the book and he really captured how the City is really trying to reinvent itself -it does have incredible bits of regeneration Salford Quays/Media City with areas of poverty but it is trying to improve. If you do decide to visit I can recommend the Chapel Street area and its pubs & Salford Quays to any visitor.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2019
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I really enjoyed this book. This author is new to me and I have now read a couple of his other books. You really get to know the places he visits.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2019
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I really enjoyed reading this really well written book detailing places i have heard of but wouldn't think of going to and the things of interest
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2020
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Good book in good condition
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2015
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Interesting book as ever from Tom Chesshyre