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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 dissected as combining 'grim' and 'by the sea'. |
'''''Up North''''' is a [[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 }}</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=9780719051784 |pages=pp. 68-69 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fGI3Bgy54OcC&pg=PA68&dq=%22Up+North%22+%2B%22Charles+Jennings%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U1xem_Tp524ynGhbGuBiTYGi3j09A#PPA68,M1 |accessdate=2008-09-03}}</ref> Throughout the duration of the book, written in [[1992]], he conveys a sense of grimness and hopelessness 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 }}</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." |
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 }}</ref> |
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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 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
- ^ "Invisible cities". New Statesman and Society. 1995-10-02. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ Russell, Dave (2004). Looking North. Manchester University Press. pp. pp. 68-69. ISBN 9780719051784. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
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has extra text (help) - ^ "Diary". The Independent. 1995-12-07. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ "THE WEASEL". The Independent. 2002-06-15. Retrieved 2008-09-03.