On This Holy Island : A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain -- A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR - Oliver Smith Crime while spending long summers at

while spending long summers at home

public executions were held in the city with heads displayed on spikes

From secluded mews and undiscovered cafes to flower markets and tree-lined streets

for too long framed as a condition for restless little boys

While nursing The Hangover from Hell

On This Holy Island : A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain -- A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR - Oliver Smith Crime while spending long summers at*** A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ***"Excellent. immensely well researched and playful. Smith has written something special." Patrick Galbraith, The Times"Imaginative and engaging" Country LifeAcclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of `pilgrimage' in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century. He embarks