Over the summer, there was a huge outcry in the north of England, as Tory peer Baron Howell of Guildford, father-in-law of Chancellor George Osborne, remarked that shale gas fracking should be restricted to the ‘desolate’ areas found in the North East.
Most people did not agree.
But if the north is so desolate, surely it must also be a cultural wasteland? Many seem to think so.
It’s true that somewhere like Middlesbrough will never have the cultural riches of a big city like London, but that doesn’t mean that Teesside has nothing to offer…. Read More