All Points NorthSimon Armitage's humorous account of the North steers clear of the picturesque Lake District and the big cities of Manchester and Newcastle. Instead he focuses on the area of West Yorkshire, the land of Jarvis Cocker, Geoffrey Boycott and Bernard Ingham.

changing world of Halifax - the cradle of the industrial revolution

taken her on hilarious adventures and become her smart talking but utterly loyal and loveable best friend

With a cast of best friends (some more helpful than others) including Ziggy

When Nina's mother Hanna was just 20 years old

With more than 200 entries covering everything from history

the young American heiresses who married into the English aristocracy

that of a born

flavour-packed

From the bloody to the beautiful

and that I escaped from North Korea

Cash Carraway is a single mum living in temporary accommodation

'The Diary of a Young Girl' stands without peer