Yorkshire IN PARTICULAR

An Alternative A-Z

Edited by Michael Hickling. Foreword by Gervase Phinn

Yorkshire Post journalists have compiled this diverse and fascinating selection of articles on God's Own County. Comprising little-know facts, fresh insights and the occasional quirky story, this book provides a stimulating look at the people, places and traditions that make Yorkshire great.

Asked to 'spell out' the essence of Yorkshire, journalists on the county's leading newspaper, The Yorkshire Post, have gathered together a diverse selection of people, places, products and peculiarities. Among them:

• Ben Kingsley, the actor, born Krishna Bharji in Snainton;
• Mr and Mrs Hockney viewed through their son David's eyes;
• Darley Arabian, one of the three arab horses from whom all today's thoroughbreds descend;
• Tony Harrison's poem, Under the Clock' which records his parents' meeting outside Dysons in Leeds;
• Oatmeal, nettles, butter, bacon fat and dock leaves (polyganum bistorta) the essential ingredients of that Yorkshire speciality, dock pudding. And much, much more.

Publication November 2007

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