Tom Fort, whose writing has been variously described as "jocund," "slightly loopy," '"unbelievably poignant," and "deeply peculiar," travels around Britain experiencing some of its extremer climates and some of its more typical, with a view to explaining the British have made of theirweather and what it has made of them. There are two interlocking strands: the story of those whomoved to an exceptional, sometimes obsessive degree by the fascination felt by so manysought to know and understandthe weather; and the story of its impact on history, culture, and ways of thought and behavior. He...
Tom Fort, whose writing has been variously described as "jocund," "slightly loopy," '"unbelievably poignant," and "deeply peculiar," travels around Br...
20 years ago, Tom Fort drove his car onto a ferry at Felixstowe, bound for Eastern Europe. Much has changed since that trip and in recent years around one million Poles have settled in Britain. This book documents Tom's trip back to Eastern Europe to find out what has changed and how the people have moved on.
20 years ago, Tom Fort drove his car onto a ferry at Felixstowe, bound for Eastern Europe. Much has changed since that trip and in recent years around...
