Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780091910228
ISBN: 0091910226
Label: Ebury Press
Manufacturer: Ebury Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: February 01, 2007
Publisher: Ebury Press
Studio: Ebury Press

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Rating: - Non stop tour
Great read, being 'a northern lass' I thought I knew much about the area but this book re-energised my desire to find out more. Maconie talks of his own direct experiences and then relates back to how certain ways of doing things have been born out of the history of our fore fathers. A travel guide in disguise, this book will cause you to seek out new people and places. Enjoy 'the North' and its very real characters.

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Rating: - In Search of the North West
As a northerner who has been living in East Anglia for the past five years I really enjoyed this book. I would have given it five stars but there were a few things that annoyed me about the book. Firstly, far too much time is spent talking about the north west. The north east is hidden away in one brief, but admittedly entertaining, chapter at the end of the book. As a smoggy a found this a bit irritating. On a related point, I found the comment about northerners finding rugby union a bit posh and ... Read More

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Rating: - makes me want to go North
As I come from London, I think Maconie gets the mix right between highlighting the good of the North with the over hype of the South. It certainly made me think I should spend more time visiting places in this country than going abroad

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Rating: - Suffers from parochialism he affects to despise
Maconie has made some good points about the North-South divide and there are one or two good jokes among the many predictable cliches. However, the thrust of his argument is weakened by his own parochialism. While criticising the South of England for its chauvinistic view of the North, he demonstrates the same chauvinistic attitude to other parts of the North, especially the whole county of Yorkshire. While one might expect this from a Lancastrian, it weakens the force of his argument. By sterotyping ... Read More

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Rating: - Bit too much of the same
I found this quite funny, but a chapter or two - or make that an essay, really would be enough. After a while the ever samey tone and chippiness (which he tries to disguise but can't) starts to grate a bit.

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