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It's Grim Up North?

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Meet Manchester, the World's First Industrial City That's Industrial No More (but may still be a bit grim)

May 27 •

A Street in Time

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD A 15th Century Glimpse at Dusk

May 23 •

A Nation of Shopkeepers

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Money Makes the World Go Askew. The View from London

May 20 •

Yesterday's Influencer

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Visiting the Scottish Birthplace of A Once Famed and Now Forgotten Celeb

May 16 •

Those Who Know Poverty

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD A Visit to Dundee, Scotland's Least Respected City, and Its Ghostly Industry

May 13 •

Visiting Darwin! No, Not Him.

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Popping in to Meet the OTHER Darwin, and Being Gobsmacked.

May 9 •

A Shoulder of Mutton

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD The UK, Four Years and A Pandemic Later

May 6 •

Selling My Religion: Shopping and the Preacher (2)

ANNETTE TELLS TALES How George Whitefield Sold His Religion. Pay Especially Close Attention if You're in Business.

May 2 •

April 2023

West With the Wagons (WWW) (5) Unexpected Meetings

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD/THROWBACK SPECIAL We Stop at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Meet People We Might Not Expect Going West

Apr 29 •

Selling My Religion: Shopping and the Preacher (1)

ANNETTE TELLS TALES Long Before TV Evangelists, Young George Whitefield Was a Transatlantic Sensation, Selling What People Were Eager to Buy. How? 🛒🛍️

Apr 25 •

Your Name In the UK. Plus an Unlikely Civil Rights Icon Speaks.

NEWS FROM NON-BORING HOUSE Your Name in Britain? Now There's an Offer! Plus More Exciting News from Non-Boring House

Apr 22 •

West With the Wagons (4) Fighting Words/Traffic/People

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD/THROWBACK SPECIAL In Missouri, Two Frontier Towns Battle (Gloves Off) For Westward Migrants' Cash. Plus A Chaotic Departure…

Apr 18 •

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