Tag: Pylons

  • Pylons and Protest – invoking the Marmite metaphor of Britishness

    Pylons and Protest – invoking the Marmite metaphor of Britishness

    by Kayt Button Whatever the period of history, Pylons seem to provoke the marmite response – either love ‘em, like The Pylon Appreciation Society, or hate ‘em like The Friends of The Lake District who are currently protesting against pylons planned for Ravenglass in Cumbria. Curiously enough, Marmite was invented in the late nineteenth century,…