Guy Stagg

The true valour needed to go on pilgrimage in Britain

Oliver Smith finds sanctity in remote peninsulas and holy islands, but is less impressed by the tacky ephemera that decorate our more accessible shrines

Glastonbury Tor and St Michael’s Tower. [Alamy]
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  • On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain

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    Bloomsbury Continuum, pp. 256, £20

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