Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Co-Director at the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester. He is also a trustee of the English Project, Chairman of the Talent Foundation and a Patron of Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. Christopher Mulvey is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Winchester. A prolific writer, he is also Managing Editor at the Winchester University Press and a trustee of the English Project. David Crystal received an OBE for services to the English language in 1995, and was made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2000. He now lives in Holyhead.

'The title may insist on 100 places but richly, carefully, the book gives the impression of many more.' - Michael Thomas, Times Literary Supplement

Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Co-Director at the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester. He is also a trustee of the English Project, Chairman of the Talent Foundation and a Patron of Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. Christopher Mulvey is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Winchester. A prolific writer, he is also Managing Editor at the Winchester University Press and a trustee of the English Project. David Crystal received an OBE for services to the English language in 1995, and was made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2000. He now lives in Holyhead.

'The title may insist on 100 places but richly, carefully, the book gives the impression of many more.' - Michael Thomas, Times Literary Supplement

Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Co-Director at the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester. He is also a trustee of the English Project, Chairman of the Talent Foundation and a Patron of Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. Christopher Mulvey is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Winchester. A prolific writer, he is also Managing Editor at the Winchester University Press and a trustee of the English Project. David Crystal received an OBE for services to the English language in 1995, and was made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2000. He now lives in Holyhead.

'The title may insist on 100 places but richly, carefully, the book gives the impression of many more.' - Michael Thomas, Times Literary Supplement