How the ‘least civilized’ place in Britain reinvented itself

‘Are you going to Macclesfield? Astonishing! So jealous!” Absolutely no one said. When I told friends where I was going, all I got was a questioning eyebrow: “Macclesfield? Why?” Maybe that was to be expected. It is, after all, a post-industrial city that the Local Futures Group once labeled the ‘least civilized’ place in Britain. … Read more