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Episode 2

Examining our passion for watery worlds, Philip Hoare is in Scotland, in lighthouse land, communing with all manner of birdlife too.

In his new book, Philip Hoare seeks out various shorelines, examining our need to be immersed in water. Or at least to be near it.

To Scotland. To the North Sea. To Bass Rock: a 'wedding cake dropped into cold waters', where the bird life teems and where he thinks about light-houses, those built by the Stevensons.

Reader Tobias Menzies

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Jul 2017 00:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Tobias Menzies
Author Philip Hoare
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Jul 2017 00:30

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