Leicester. Filbert Street Fine Art Print

Leicester is a very pleasant city situated in the English Midlands astride the River Soar. It is home to Red Leicester cheese and the National Space Centre where you can learn about the first astronauts and the fact that man was more likely to walk on Mars before Leicester City won the Premier League*. In 2016, Leicester City won the Premier League. Only six other clubs have achieved this since the League’s inception in 1992. Very rarely in the history of English football has a club’s success been more happily celebrated by sports fans. Claudio Ranieri was the manager. His enthusiasm and bubbly character became a welcome distraction on television as airtime was hogged by David Cameron’s announcement of the referendum to decide the UK’s membership of the European Union and the final issue of a death certificate for Lord Lucan. Red Leicester cheese was not in the news in 2016. However, it should be noted that, unlike the Leicester City defence, it is crumbly in texture. *On 15th January 2016, Tim Peake became the first British Astronaut to conduct a spacewalk, but nowhere near Mars.