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Wakefield: a cultural wilderness of apish men and women in white stilettos

Is Wakefield a nice place to live or is Wakefield rough?

Wakefield’s claim to fame is that it is the Rhubarb Capital Of The UK. Seriously. Local are also proud to announce that Wakefield boasts two Mc Donald’s (yes, DOUBLE the job opportunities for most of our school-leavers), a cathedral (that makes it a city, you see, and as good as Manchester or Liverpool or London, […]

Castleford, where everybody is a blood relative of the person next to them

Is Castleford a nice place to live or is Castleford rough?

The proud products of a society built on the collapse of the mining industry and the welfare state, the ***** of Castleford adorn street corners like monuments to a town that was built up by their grandparents and subsequently destroyed by the next two generations. In a town where everybody is a blood relative of […]