Several weeks ago I finished reading Rory Stewart’s book Middleland, here I compare some of his writing and thoughts and opinions and compare them to my own writing, thoughts and opinions. “Such remoteness is not necessarily physical remoteness, but rather social, economic and temporal remoteness.” – these are my words when writing about urban bias in my book Marsh Fen and Town- South Lincolnshire and Beyond. To this I would add cultural remoteness and I guess Rory Stewart wo

After much work I have now published the full version of my book "Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond". It is a hard back book just under A4 size consisting of 450 pages, over 250,000 words and over 200 pictures and illustrations.

excerpt from a letter of 1850 shows how the road conditions can really get on your tits:

In the 1930’s Oswald Mosely and his Fascists courted the farmers of East Anglia for their support. Perhaps as you read this you may...