The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border

The 2014 Scottish independence debate and the re-ignition of the SNP’s call for a 2nd vote in the wake of Brexit and indeed Brexit itself opens a window for a re-appraisal of what nationality/frontier and borderer identity actually mean in the 21st century, and a chance to ponder on how the past affects this. As a borderer and historian John Sadler is uniquely qualified to examine the border from Roman times to today. He's been in these Marches all his life, studied and read about their wil...