Rebecca Stott’s A MEDITATION ON MUD comes to BBC Radio 4

Rebecca Stott is proving herself a master of the short essay for radio spread over a week of 5 episodes, which run on BBC Radio 4. After her brilliant Beautiful Strangeness, she now takes us on a scientific, historical and cultural journey as she unearths the meanings of mud. You can find all five episodes here.

Rebecca’s fascination with mud begins on a walk she takes to mark the first anniversary of her mother’s death, and leads us back into deep time in a remarkably powerful way. It’s great to see the series as a radio ‘pick of the day’ in the Daily Mail.