My life on this, and other, enchanted isles
I’ve started up a new web outlet – ‘Slow York’. A Tumblr site about getting lost in York – away from the main tourist ruts. York’s superdense historic core is ringed by leaden encampments of suburban public and private housing. It’s real commerce, like everywhere else, is conducted within earshot of its orbital roads. It’s […]
Read More Slow YorkSome tourist cities can keep their dignity and their secrets and not vanish into backdrops for mandatory photocalls – or become imperfect versions of the made in china replicas on sale at the the gew gaw shops. Having as much history as possible helps in order to disrupt and overwhelm. Rome’s good at that – Paris not so good. York hovers just about on the […]
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Enchanted Isle 