Articles by Our Man On The Ground

Living in the gritty North of England in the 70s and 80s could be challenging. Especially for those who loved reading but were not encouraged to do so as it was seen as “too posh’’ […]

Scotland’s famous son Thomas Telford was responsible for some fabulous feats of engineering and really was a man before his time. He provided his country with desperately needed civil infrastructure in the 1800s, building 1,200 […]