Long Road from Jarrow: A journey through Britain then and now Audiobook (Free)

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook model of Long Street from Jarrow, written and browse by Stuart Maconie.

In the autumn of 1936, some 200 men from the Tyneside town of Jarrow marched 300 kilometers to London in protest against the destruction of their towns and industries. Exactly 80 years on, Stuart Maconie, walks from north to south retracing the path of the emblematic Jarrow Crusade. Pursuing history’s footsteps, Maconie is searching for what Modern Britain is really about Long Road from Jarrow: A trip through Britain after that and now like today.

Exploring down the country’s spine, Maconie moves through a land that is, in some ways, very much the same as the England of the thirties using its political turbulence, austerity, north/south separate, food banks and undoubtedly, football mania. However in different ways, it is completely unrecognisable; highstreets peppered with pound shops and e-cigarette suppliers, smoothie bars and Costas on every part.

Maconie visits the great, established yet evolving towns of Leeds, Sheffield and London, as well while the sleepy hamlets, calm lanes and roaring motorways. He fits those with stories to tell and whose voices create a funny, complicated and entertaining tale of Britain, after that and today. Written in Maconie’s personal style, this is a fascinating exploration of today’s country that, though appears and sounds strangely familiar, continues to be completely transformed.