Living in north Northumberland, one of the less well-known parts of the
UK, seems to have encouraged another of my obsessions: seeking out books
and novels about the county. Fortunately, it hasn't been as compulsive
as it might be, perhaps because some form of latent self-preservation
persuaded me that I was never going to be able to read the works of
Catherine Cookson, "heartwarming" shipyard sagas or books about
football. So it's my usual idiosyncratic mix, and there will be some
leeway over actual borders - for a start, there will have to be, as
Northumbria once extended rather further than it does today, but there
will also be books which I decide in an entirely arbitrary fashion, get
in because they have some relevance to Northumberland - for instance,
something which is essentially about the Scottish borders may find its
way in.
There may also be occasional reviews of local films, exhibitions and anything else I find interesting. It's a work in progress...
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