Name: One Big Gamble - Martin Middlebrook’s Brexit Travelogue (9/10)
Uploaded: 2019-03-22T19:00:00.000+01:00
Duration: 326 s
Description: Martin Middlebrook leaves Boston to visit the seaside resort of Skegness. Amongst the casinos and gaming halls he wonders, is Brexit just one big gamble?

One Big Gamble

Das große Glücksspiel

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Cuaderno de viaje del fotógrafo Martin Middlebrook (9/10)

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Martin Middlebrook leaves Boston to visit the seaside resort of Skegness. Amongst the casinos and gaming halls he wonders, is Brexit just one big gamble?

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Martin Middlebrook’s Brexit Travelogue

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<p>Martin Middlebrook leaves Boston to visit the seaside resort of Skegness. Amongst the casinos and gaming halls he wonders, is Brexit just one big gamble?</p>

Martin Middlebrook’s Brexit Travelogue (9/10)

Martin Middlebrook leaves Boston to visit the seaside resort of Skegness. Amongst the casinos and gaming halls he thinks, is Brexit just one big gamble?

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A photographer takes a journey through England in February 2019 starting in Bradford, a city that was once one of the richest in the world.

Martin Middlebrook’s Brexit Travelogue (1/10)

Arrival in Bradford

On his second day in Bradford Martin Middlebrook meets a pensioner trying desperately to sell his house and a pro-Brexit conservative counsellor.

On his second day in Bradford Martin Middlebrook meets a pensioner trying to sell his house and a pro-Brexit conservative counsellor.

An Intelligent Anger

Martin Middlebrook visits a Bradford mosque where he meets John, who became a Muslim 20 years ago. Later he comes across local rapper MC Grime Leejay making a music video in the street.

Martin Middlebrook’s Brexit Travelogue (3/10)

Martin Middlebrook visits a Bradford mosque on his third day in the city where he meets John who became a Muslim 20 years ago. Later he talks to local rapper MC Grime Leejay making a music video in the street.

Us and Them

The Watford gap marks the divide between the North and South. In the North many feel that their voices are not listened to.

Martin Middlebrook’s Brexit Travelogue (4/10)

The Watford gap marks the divide between the North and South. In the North many feel they are not listened to.

The North-South Divide

Rain, grit, and greasy food. Middlebrook tries to explain what it means to be British.

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Being British

Returning to the Lincolnshire of his birth, Martin Middlebrook finds the port of Boston unrecognisable.

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Land of my Fathers

After a frosty reception on his first day in Boston, Martin Middlebrook decides to visit a pub where he hopes to hear locals’ views on Brexit.

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Birds of a Feather, Flock Together

In Boston, Martin Middlebrook speaks to immigrants from Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Many are worried about what Brexit means for themselves and for the town they call home.

Martin Middlebrook’s Brexit Travelogue (8/10)

In Boston, Martin Middlebrook speaks to immigrants from Eastern Europe and elsewhere.

Clapping with One Hand

Martin Middlebrook visits a place from his youth: Boston’s Gilderdrome, an institution where Jimi Hendrix, T. Rex, Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder have all played.

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