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The North Road, a journey through history, people, place and time
Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution11 South Grove
Tue 15 Sept · 20:00
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Speaker: Rob Cowen, poet, nature and travel writer The North Road, the A1, is Britain’s primary road – a 400-mile arterial link that has run like a backbone through the country between London and Edinburgh for the last 2000 years. It’s a multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway. The...
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