A Traveller's Guide To... Wizards, Lovers and Killer Dogs ; Book of the Week
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The Oxford Guide To Literary Britain & Ireland edited by Daniel Hahn and Nicholas Robins OUP [pounds] 30 . [pounds]27 inc p& p (0845 155 0713)
Tourists arriving in London for the very first time sometimes head straight for Elephant and Castle. Drawn by the promise of its exotic name, they are upset to find it is one of the greyest, drabbest areas in the city.See the full content of this document
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A Traveller's Guide To... Wizards, Lovers and Killer Dogs ; Book of the Week
But this process also works in reverse, as this endlessly surprising and delightful book shows. For instance, Hindhead in Surrey is a place through which I have often driven without a second glance: its name is uninspiring, to say the least, and the town itself looks much of a muchness.
Yet if you turn to Hindhead in the Oxford Literary Guide, you will discover that Sir Arthur Co...See the full content of this document
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