{"product_id":"neither-nowt-nor-summat-ian-mcmillan","title":"Neither Nowt Nor Summat- Ian McMillan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeither Nowt Nor Summat by Ian McMillan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Used Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’m going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I’m going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don’t want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first morning on the job, getting gloriously lost, turning up where I shouldn’t.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m going to confirm or deny the clichés, holding them up to see where the light gets in. Yorkshire people are tight. Yorkshire people are arrogant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYorkshire people eat a Yorkshire pudding before every meal. Yorkshire people solder a t’ before every word they use... If there were such a thing as a professional Yorkshireman, Ian McMillan would be it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe’s regularly consulted as a home-grown expert, and southerners comment archly on his ‘fruity Yorkshire brogue’. But he has been keeping a secret. His dad was from Lanarkshire, Scotland, making him, as he puts it, only ‘half tyke’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo Ian is worried; is he Yorkshire enough?To try to understand what this means Ian embarks on a journey around the county, starting in the village has lived in his entire life. With contributions from the Cudworth Probus Club, a kazoo playing train guard, Mad Geoff the barber and four Saddleworth council workers looking for a mattress, Ian tries to discover what lies at the heart of Britain’s most distinct county and its people, as well as finding out whether the Yorkshire Pudding is worthy of becoming a UNESCO Intangible Heritage Site, if Harrogate is really, really, in Yorkshire and, of course, who knocks up the knocker up?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster’s Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63802771800441,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/9085\/0681\/files\/IMG-5854.heic?v=1781868481","url":"https:\/\/fostersbooks.com\/products\/neither-nowt-nor-summat-ian-mcmillan","provider":"Foster’s Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}