At Culloden, Charles' forces were defeated by the armies of the Prince William, the Duke of Cumberland (also known as "Stinking Billy").

The North Will Rise Again: Alex Niven fails to break new ground The North Will Rise Again: Alex Niven fails to break new ground

For it is not the image of liberated grandchildren that nourishes us, nor the onward march of progress. This is an important milestone in the evolution of what is arguably England’s most well-defined region, as the new entity will cover the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham — the land from the Tweed to the Tees — and the cities, within them, of Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. Labour Together’s recent “Plan for National Infrastructure” argued that Britain’s “urban hinterlands, small cities, towns, coastal and rural areas… are experiencing forms of economic ‘undevelopment’”. There is a slight snatch of what sounds like the recording at the beginning of English Scheme, but I can't make enough of it out.Niven’s new northern metaphor is one of progressive and modernizing change against the Tory southern elites. Lewis, an Anglo-American novelist, painter, and open fascist sympathizer who was privately educated at the ur-establishment Rugby School, might seem a strange lodestar for northern futurism. The book isn’t an attempt to have a go at London in a reductive way, but I do think you need to examine the statistical basis of regional inequality in Britain and say: this is even more shocking than the received narrative.

the north” - New Statesman The myths of “the north” - New Statesman

Not only that, it disempowered the civic and associational institutions that had once had the confidence to tackle the scourge of poverty in old age, or build something as beautiful as South Shields Town Hall, where the debates “ had the importance of those in Cicero’s Senate or Pitt’s House of Commons“. How can the North recapture the sense of dynamism and futurism that once made it one of the most forward-looking places in the world?The author will be in conversation with Michael Chaplin from 7pm, followed by an opportunity to purchase a signed copy of the book. The heraldic emblem most closely associated with Manchester is a worker bee, which appears on the city's coat of arms, as well as on the University's sealand on the logos of various businesses associated with Manchester (including Boddington ale); thus, "bees on sticks" could refer to a flag or banner, or possibly a cudgel with the city's symbol affixed or emblazoned upon it. which makes me think, ice cream van tunes at the time would probably have been from a fairly small pool of tunes. We already have a Duke of Northumberland, well equipped with castles, especially Alnwick, and a strong old fashioned sense of duty, and I think the largest private landowner in England. Especially in politics,” wrote Jamie Driscoll, one of the likely contenders for the North East mayoralty, recently.