Author: Laura Brown
Blackburn: Walking from here to there
Outside Blackburn’s Madina Mosque the terraced streets roll down into a valley where the town centre spreads out comfortably, but another steep incline begins into the green hills above.
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Read the full story..Folken: civic identity, philanthropy and creating the cities we want to live in
Liverpool feels like it’s on the cusp of change, the growth of grassroots movements, of shifting and changing sands, this explosion in the number of micro businesses.
Read the full story..All rise: breaking bread in the North
As people, we place a lot of faith in bread. We break bread as a basis for friendship.
Read the full story..Life outside London: tech start-ups for one and all
We have an opportunity to build something new in the North, so can we not rely on a pale, male and stale stereotype?
Read the full story..Decline and Fall: how language shapes the North
Language shapes how we see places and the people living in them, says Laura Brown. But the North loses the language game, and has done for generations.
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