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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780007412426
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Mark Steel's in Town
- Item Height
- 216mm
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Humor
- Item Width
- 135mm
- Item Weight
- 310g
- Number of Pages
- 300 Pages
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On the way to a show in Skipton, in North Yorkshire, I noticed a road sign to a town called Keighley. So later, during the show, I mentioned this, asking the audience, 'Is that your rival town?' And the room went chillingly quiet, until one woman called out with understated menace, 'Keighley is a sink of evil.' Based on his award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, Mark Steel's In Town, is a celebration of the quirks of small-town life in a country of increasingly homogenised high streets. Steel's bespoke observations on the small, sometimes forgotten, towns of Britain go right to the heart of British culture today, championing the very people who shape the places we live in now. As everywhere hurtles along a route towards being identical to everywhere else, it seems any expression of local interest or eccentricity is becoming a yell of defiance. Scrape away the veneer of Wetherspoons and Pizza Hut-inspired uniformity, and the march of Tesco's towards being reclassified as a continent, and Britain is as magnificently diverse as ever, and ready to celebrate each distinct community. The elements of a town that make it unique are what make it worth visiting; they change a journey from being functional to being an experience. For example, one drizzly dark February afternoon as I came out of the station at Scunthorpe, I got in a minicab, and the driver didn't even look at me, but kept staring straight ahead as he said, 'I don't know what you've come here for, it's a fucking shit-hole.'' Unearthing some of Britain's most unusual tourist attractions, and noting local quirks and habits, Steel's journey takes him through the backwaters of England, up to Scotland and across to Ireland, where he encounters a country united by a peculiarly ingrained sense of pride, no matter which village, town or city, to give a refreshing take on Britain, its people and its places.
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HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007412426
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Book Title
Mark Steel's in Town
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Humor
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
135mm
Item Weight
310g
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United Kingdom
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- w***r (65)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem as described and despatched in quick time. Item arrived within 3 days and was well packaged. Item was much cheaper than I found elsewhere online. I had a query about my order and the seller responded on the same day and sorted everything out. Would happily buy from seller again
- r***y (418)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseFirst book went missing/didn't arrive, but Jessica in customer support sorted it out, sending a second copy, it arrived fast and safe, as described, well wrapped, good price and quick customer support. Thank you Jessicaππππ₯°πRunes: a Handbook - 9781783276974 (#314128475728)
- a***l (61)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseFantastic experience with this seller. I had an issue with the clay in my kit being dried out, which is something they couldn't have known about before me opening the box. I sent them a message and they replied quickly and kindly with a resolution, replacing my kit for me. Overall the kit was fantastic value and arrived brand new, in perfect condition bar the clay. Very trustworthy and helpful.