Landscapes matter. They provide the setting for our daily lives, as well as an essential component of our sense of identity. This title provides new perspectives on a range of cultural landscapes in Britain. It brings together the latest insights from the arts and humanities to illuminate the meaning of landscapes and bring them to life.
When a young electrician becomes bored and disillusioned with life in England, the hopes and thoughts of adventure spur him towards life over the Channel. Join Dan Johnson’s travels as they lead to a collection of like-minded characters, all trying to succeed in life on the continent, and a merry-go-round of their successes and losses amid the canals and coffee shops of Holland.
Beyond her estates in the comfort and familiarity of rural Hampshire, Jane Dunhaughton knows little of life. How little, she discovers upon leaving her ailing father because, wary of the violence of the suffragettes, she seeks a worthy meaning to her life in humanitarian work in the Boer War, instead. How could she suspect her world would change once Kitchener's policy of concentration camps takes her to the heart of the darkest side of human conflict? Can a daughter of privilege, to whom London was a revelation, find any steel when the plight of Boer women and children leaves her helpless with horror, none of which will be a revelation to the British public if Kitchener has his way? Steel she will need when her father's death puts her in the pocket of the man who inherits her home - after the war has ended, has Lord Kitchener finished with Jane Dunhaughton?
Dan Johnson, a young electrician, leaves behind a tumultuous career in Holland, eager to rebuild his life in the UK. Yet, the allure of Europe and the tenacious grip of the building trade beckon him back. As he's drawn into more journeys, adventures unfold and complexities arise.