Geography of England
Piddle or Puddle? A Curious Little English River
Today’s Geo Quiz sends us searching for a small river in southwest England along the English Channel coast. It’s a place that inspired Ogden Nash in 1959 to write a poem called ‘Paradise for Sale,’ all about a farm in the valley of old and storied river.
Gloucester at the Crossroads
Our ongoing series on the nation’s oldest fishing port continues with a story of pollock and politics. Producer Sandy Tolan describes what happened when a Russian freighter came to port, and an anonymous tip to customs officials scuttled Gloucester’s plans to make fish fillets for McDonald’s.
Gloucester’s Legacy of Loss
Since its birth as the nation’s first fishing port in 1623, men from Gloucester, Massachusetts, have been going down to the sea in their ships, and many have never returned. Those who keep track say more than ten thousand lives have been lost over the years in the hunt and harvest for seafood. In an […]
Gloucester at the Crossroads Series: Part 3 – A Port Shaped by of Loss
Gloucester, Massachusetts is no stranger to loss. Even in times of bountiful harvests, thousands of families have had to endure the deaths of their men lost at sea. In another installment of our series “Gloucester at the Crossroads”, producer and Gloucester resident Sandy Tolan considers how an overriding sense of loss has shaped the lives […]