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111 Dark Places in England That You Shouldn’t Miss Philip R. Stone
111 Places in Yorkshire That You Shouldn’t Miss Ed Glinert
111 Places in Birmingham That You Shouldn’t Miss Ben Waddington
This book explores infamous acts as well as obscure dark tourism sites lost to memory. Each site is challenged by its history and its political discourse and questions are raised as to how we remember our tragic past. Each site also has ethical issues that need to be addressed and confronted and visiting these sites are often fraught with moral dilemmas.
They call Yorkshire God’s own country. This is because England’s biggest county is also England’s most epic and most historically exciting. Many of the most interesting episodes in English history have happened here: the Wars of the Roses, the English Civil War, the birth of the industrial revolution, the rise of the Labour movement. But when people think of Yorkshire they also think of the unusual and the unsung: Bettys delightful tea rooms, cricket at Scarborough, the windswept steps of Whitby Abbey, the steam railway of the Railway Children, Mother Shipton’s Cave, and racing at Doncaster and York.
Welcome to Birmingham, a super-diverse city with an ever-shifting identity. This is the quiet mediaeval market town that overnight became the centre of the industrial revolution. The city’s drive to successively reinvent itself as motor city, conference capital and shopping destination reflects that initial burst of energy.
111 Dark Places in England That You Shouldn’t Miss will help shine light on dark tourism and inherent complex issues associated with commemorating our dead. Dark tourism is politically vulnerable and ethically laden with moral commentary. This book attempts to be authoritative yet accessible in exploring sites of pain and shame.
9783740809003 Emons Verlag 205 x 135mm. 240pp., 111 col. September 2021 £12.99, Paperback
This is the ultimate insider’s guide to Yorkshire for locals and experienced travellers.
9783740811679 Emons Verlag 205 x 135mm. 240pp., 111 col. October 2021 £12.99, Paperback
This book tells the story many would miss through the art, places, buildings, people and the dynamic mix of cultures that reveal the Birmingham identity, from the smallest architectural details to epic civic structures. Only here can you chill on a bench with local heroes Black Sabbath, will you be greeted at the museum by the fallen angel Lucifer, and find the world’s oldest surviving instance of railway architecture.
9783740813505 Emons Verlag 205 x 135mm. 240pp., 111 col. October 2021 £12.99, Paperback
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