It's described in a Spitting Image song as the only UK county with no redeeming features. The home of the "Essex Girl", the "Essex Boy". Is everything in Essex housed between inverted commas?
How can a place this pretty have such negative connotations attached to it? How can the birthplace of Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Bobby Moore have such a bad rep?
Essex and its inhabitants get a hard time, but do they deserve it? Can a place really have no redeeming features? I’ll look at some famous residents (and see if they back up or crush the stereotype!), examine the phenomenon of the Essex girl, take a look at cultural references and any current issues facing Essex. All things devoted to Essex. It’ll be fun!
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