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Unofficial Britain

Journeys Through Unexpected Places
By Gareth E. Rees
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Unofficial Britain by Gareth E. Rees explores the overlooked, hidden, and neglected spaces across the UK that shape the urban and rural landscape. The book delves into everyday places like ring roads, retail parks, and overgrown paths, uncovering surprising stories and peculiar phenomena that reveal a different side of Britain. With a unique perspective, Rees transforms ordinary settings into fascinating narratives, inviting readers to see familiar environments through a new lens.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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If you have a fascination for the hidden stories and overlooked landscapes of Britain, this travelogue will captivate you. It explores the unusual and often mysterious sites that lie outside traditional guides, offering a fresh perspective on British topography and culture. This book is ideal for those who enjoy uncovering the eccentric and often untold narratives of familiar places.

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‘Unofficial’ Britain is made up of the places that are often left behind. This is a journey into the overlooked spaces that really tell the modern story of our island. 

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There is a Britain that exists outside of the official histories and guidebooks – places that lie on the margins, left behind.

This is a land of industrial estates and electricity pylons, of motorways and ring roads, of hospitals and housing estates, of roundabouts and flyovers. Places where modern life speeds past but where people and stories nevertheless collect: ghost sightings, first kisses, experiments with drugs, refuges for the homeless, hangouts for the outcasts.

Struck by the power of such stories and experiences, Gareth E. Rees set out to explore these mundane and neglected spaces, which can be as powerfully influential in our lives, and imaginations, as any picture postcard tourist destination.

This is Unofficial Britain, a personal journey along the edges of a landscape brimming with mystery, folklore and myth.

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Unofficial Britain by Gareth E. Rees offers a unique exploration of Britain's urban landscapes, blending urban folklore with personal memoir and history. Critics praise its ability to uncover the soul and mystery in seemingly mundane places, often with humour and insight. The book's fresh perspective on modern folklore and psychogeography has been noted as both entertaining and enlightening, making it essential reading for those interested in the interplay between the mythical and municipal.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783965960

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 July 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Edition: 2nd New edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Gareth E. Rees is a writer, journalist and musician, and founder of the popular Unofficial Britain website. Born in Germany, brought up in Scotland and the north of England, he lived in London for many years before moving to Hastings. The stories, modern myths and folklore of place have always driven his writing. He is the author of a novel and three non-fiction titles, Marshland, The Stone Tide and Car Park Life, published to rave reviews in 2019.

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