Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day - Paperback

by Brian Groom (Author)

A Waterstones Best History Book of 2022

The bestselling history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.

'Entertaining' The Times

'Definitive' The Mirror

'Highly readable' Financial Times

Author Biography

Brian Groom is a journalist and a leading expert on British regional and national affairs. His career was spent mainly at the Financial Times, where he was assistant editor and worked in various capacities. He is also a former editor of Scotland on Sunday, which he launched as deputy editor and which won many awards. Originally from Stretford, Lancashire, he returned to live in the north - in Saddleworth, south Pennines - in 2015.