Paxo underground KATE HUBBARD Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain
William Collins £30
The story of coal, Jeremy Paxman says, is the story of Britain. It’s one he tells well, deftly combining the political and the social in a brisk and bracing narrative, with plenty of scope for Paxmanian indignation and scorn.
People have been digging for coal since the Middle Ages. But Paxman focuses on the 19th and 20th
