Michael Wood is professor of public history at the University of Manchester. He has presented numerous BBC series, and is the author of several books including The Story of China (Simon & Schuster, 2021). His Twitter handle is @mayavision
" He was a true heir to the great writers on the English countryside "
“HAPPY IS THE WRITER WHOSE PARISH IS HIS universe,” wrote Ronald Blythe. In this column I’ve often spoken about the value of local history, of seeing