Review:
The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea
by Jon Gower and
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
by Mike Parker From Planet 251
Sam Young
reviews
The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea
by Jon Gower
and
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
by Mike Parker
HarperNorth, £20
There seems to be a growing market for writing about the places around us. Authors are rediscovering the landscapes of Britain and Ireland, falling in love again with their nature, history, and people. Whether spurred on by climate anxiety, a post-Brexit concern for the nation’s hinterlands, or a Covid-era reappraisal of the local, writers from Nick Hayes to Gail Simmons and Edward Parnell are increasingly turning their attention to the spaces just beyond our doorsteps, revisiting them with a renewed curiosity, criticality and even love.
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Sam Young is a writer and PhD student based in Cardiff. He is the former general editor of Question, a journal for Arts and Humanities researchers in Wales and south-west England.
