A once global phenomenon that attracted world-famous acts to town over a week and more annually since the 1980s, in more ...

British coal mining was a rough, tough and exceptionally dangerous occupation, writes Emily P Webber. In The Road to Wigan Pier, his 1936 account of the industrial North of England, George Orwell ...

But it’s a long time since Wigan Pier drew huge crowds ... While all this has been going on, across Pottery Road, huge ...

But closer inspection shows it to be elaborate scaffolding and canvas structure has been built around a gas pipe crossing the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on the Ince side of Henhurst Bridge on Chapel ...

The results of £15m-worth of investment in one of the UK’s largest family holiday parks are ready to welcome guests this ...

For instance, in The Road to Wigan Pier George Orwell states that “the real secret of class distinctions in the West” can be summed up in four words: “The lower classes smell”. It seems we ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the death of Orwell on January 21,1950, who is known for writing 1984, Animal Farm and The Road to Wigan Pier. The English novelist, poet, essayist ...

Everton’s interim chief executive and chief stadium development officer, Colin Chong, said: “All parties are united and ...

The road was described as linking Wigan to Bolton, via the area roughly where the M61 runs through now. The plans for Route 225 can be looked at as the very first kindling of hope for a Bolton ...

Join us for an unforgettable night as we celebrate 34 incredible years of Wigan Pier at the iconic Park Hall nightclub, Charnock Richard! Get ready to relive the golden era with classic Pier ...

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The second example is Musa al-Gharbi’s review of George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier. Originally commissioned to document the harsh conditions of Northern England’s working class, Orwell’s account ...