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'''''Up North''''' is a [[travel book]] by [[Charles Jennings (writer)|Charles Jennings]], detailing his excursion from the south to [[Northern England]]. Throughout the duration of the book, written in [[1992]], he conveys a sense of grimness and hopelessness with a certain acerbic wit; he suggests, for instance, that the name [[Grimsby]] may be disected as combining 'grim' and 'by the sea'. |
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The Mayor of Grimsby at the time commented that Jennings "should have stayed under his duvet down south." |
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'''''Up North''''' is a [[travel literature|travel book]] by [[Charles Jennings (writer)|Charles Jennings]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Invisible cities |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1027212132.html |work=[[New Statesman and Society]] |date=1995-10-02 |accessdate=2008-09-03 }} {{dead link|date=October 2014}}</ref> detailing his excursion from the south to [[Northern England]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Looking North |last=Russell |first=Dave |year=2004 |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |isbn=978-0-7190-5178-4 |pages=68–69 }}</ref> Throughout the duration of the book, written in 1992, he conveys a sense of grimness and hopelessness "[[North of England|up north]]" with a certain acerbic wit;<ref>{{cite news |title=Diary |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19951207/ai_n14022264 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=1995-12-07 |accessdate=2008-09-03 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> he suggests, for instance, that the name [[Grimsby]] may be dissected as combining 'grim' and 'by the sea'. |
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The Mayor of Grimsby at the time commented that Jennings "should have stayed under his duvet down south."<ref>{{cite news |title=THE WEASEL |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020615/ai_n12626860 |work=The Independent |date=2002-06-15 |accessdate=2008-09-03 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 1 November 2023
Up North is a travel book by Charles Jennings,[1] detailing his excursion from the south to Northern England.[2] Throughout the duration of the book, written in 1992, he conveys a sense of grimness and hopelessness "up north" with a certain acerbic wit;[3] he suggests, for instance, that the name Grimsby may be dissected as combining 'grim' and 'by the sea'.
The Mayor of Grimsby at the time commented that Jennings "should have stayed under his duvet down south."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Invisible cities". New Statesman and Society. 2 October 1995. Retrieved 3 September 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Russell, Dave (2004). Looking North. Manchester University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0-7190-5178-4.
- ^ "Diary". The Independent. 7 December 1995. Retrieved 3 September 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "THE WEASEL". The Independent. 15 June 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2008. [dead link]
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