The author on being inspired by Michael Ondaatje and how Hilary Mantel helped her overcome her aversion to historical figure novels
My earliest reading memory
The headteacher in my village primary s…
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Scrambling, walking and swimming in splendid isolation: 75 years of the UK’s national parks ⊕⊕
Our writer first hiked in the Lake District, Eryri and Dartmoor in the 1970s. Their beauty remains unrivalled, but they are more popular than ever. So, here’s how to avoid the crowds
Before we enter t…
53 days ago
Another World by Melvyn Bragg review – portrait of the broadcaster as a young man ⊕
Leaving behind Cumbria for Oxford in the late 1950s, Bragg navigates class and culture in a world on the brink of change
It’s October 1958, and a nearly 19-year-old Melvyn Bragg is on the platform at…
63 days ago
It’s known for making submarines. So how does this remote Cumbrian venue attract the world’s boldest musicians? ⊕⊕
In a park keeper’s lodge in Barrow-in-Furness, Full of Noises has hosted the likes of Julia Holter and Lonnie Holley – and is a model for why arts funding matters
Barrow-in-Furness sits on a windswept…
4 months ago
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts
How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps somet…
7 months ago
Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion ○
A Cumbrian wind is the central character in this hugely ambitious, millennia-spanning novel, which was 20 years in the making
Even if Sarah Hall did not begin her acknowledgments by saying that it’s t…
8 months ago
'Tipp-Ex divorcee' is locked in High Court libel fight with property developer over his plans for housing in grounds of her £6.75m castle ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Sally Nightingale, 66, who took over the 900-year-old Cumbrian estate after her split from millionaire lawyer Christopher Nightingale, is being sued for libel over a letter she sent to planning offic…
9 months ago
Newcastle step up pursuit of Burnley’s £40m-rated goalkeeper James Trafford ○
Trafford was disappointed deal fell through last summer
Newcastle ready to sell Longstaff or Willock but not Isak
Newcastle hope to succeed where they failed a year ago by signing the Burnley and Engl…
11 months ago
Preserving English eccentricity: 20 years of the World Marmalade Awards ○
The contest now draws in more than 3,200 entries from as far afield as the Czech Republic and South Korea
- Oranges are not the only fruit: Cumbrian marmalade awards offer blend of fruits
What could unit…
Oranges are not the only fruit: Cumbrian marmalade awards offer unusual blends ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Winning Japanese entry features pear and yuzu, while the preserve in ‘unusual’ category includes peanut butter
Marmalade was never really my jam, but at the world marmalade awards at Dalemain house on…