NORTH AND ALMOST EVERYTHING IN IT (PB)

A celebratory and beautiful mixture of memoir, social history and cultural observation, this is a unique personal portrait of Northern England. Paul Morley grew up in Reddish, less than five miles from Manchester and even closer to Stockport and ever since the age of seven he always thought of himself as a northerner. He explores what it means to be northern and why those who consider themselves to be believe it so strongly. Although ambitiously sweeping and beautifully impressionistic, the book never loses touch with the minute details of life above the M25.