Through a mixture of reportage, travel writing and interviews, Edward Platt reconstructs the history of the city of Hebron, from its biblical past to its current incarnation.
Through a mixture of reportage, travel writing and interviews, Edward Platt reconstructs the history of the city of Hebron, from its biblical past to ...
A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'. Flooding has always threatened the rainy, wind-swept islands of the United Kingdom, but it is becoming more frequent and more severe. Combining travel writing and reportage with readings of history, literature and myth, Edward Platt explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain and left their mark on its inhabitants. During the course of two years, which coincided with the record-breaking floods of the winter of 2013-14, Platt travelled around the country, visiting places that had flooded and meeting the people affected. He...
A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'. Flooding has always threatened the rainy, wind-swept islands of the United Kingdom, but it is becoming more frequ...
