Synopsis: Everyone talks about ‘Middle England’. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of tabloid readers, and sometimes they mean something good, like a pint of ale in a sleepy Cotswold village in summer twilight. But just where and what is Middle England? Stuart Maconie didn’t know either, so he packed his Thermos and sandwiches and set off to find out…

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Hot Brands Verdict
This is a delightful wander through this land of ours. You feel that you are walking beside Stuart as he moves from place to place, and meets different people. It’s a gentle amble rather than a whistle stop tour, as he shares history, preconceptions and compares this to what he finds. It’s a personal account and as such it will make you smile. and as he says in his concluding chapter, ‘I fell a little in love with Middle England’ and we suspect you will too.