“‘Touching, thought-provoking and, at times, humorous’ – North Tyneside News Guardian“”‘A humorous Englishman-abroad travelogue. But it has a serious side. Mortimer weaves in the story of the Arab Riot of Yemeni seamen in South Shields and discovers the racial mistrust of 1930 has strong parallels with 2005’ – Newcastle Upon Tyne Journal”

“‘An honest, sympathetic, sometimes self-deprecatingly humorous but illuminating book that is deeply relevant to the troubled times we’re currently living through’ – Shields Gazette”

Peter Mortimer is a poet, playwright and editor who lives in the windy Northumbrian coastal village of Cullercoats. He is the editor of IRON Press and the artistic director of Cloud Nine Theatre Productions.