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History & The Arts
The mother of the American Athens
An excusrion to Lincolnshire, to see the original Boston.
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A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham
The lure of the races proves overwhelming - as does the splendour of Durham.
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Two Yorkish episodes
A visit to the site of a Civil War battle - and a hanging tale of a murder.
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Nine days' wonder in York
William has much admiration for the Minster - but the joy of York is to be harshly curtailed...
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In smokiest Sheffield
William arrives in Sheffield - finding a city struggling environmentally and economically.
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Some merits of Manchester
In Manchester, William is struck by the city's dignity - and woollen socks.
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A modest liking for Liverpool
In the 1880s, W D Howell lived in England, recording his impressions of the places he visited. In this extract from Seven English Cities, his Atlantic crossing ends in the docks of the Mersey.
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Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?
A roistering, rabble-rousing politician from the birth of democracy bears comparison with the former host of The Celebrity Apprentice, suggests Robert Garland
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Languages
Language variety all but disappears from the Eurovision song contest
Why has the English language dominated the Eurovision Song Contest once more? Fernando Rosell-Aguilar explores what the competition holds this year.
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The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
How did the Levellers help shape the early internet? And are allotments and organic gardens radicalism in the earth?
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Society, Politics & Law
Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?
With elections for the welsh Assembly taking place in a fortnight, are voters getting a clear picture?
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History & The Arts
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
The American poet and essayist pays tribute to the skill of the British poet and playwright.