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Radio 4 Extra,29 Apr 2019,14 mins

Available for 28 days

Robert Macfarlane muses on the worlds beneath our feet. In this the Anthropocene Age, life underground is ecologically and delicately poised...and then he recalls a vivid cave journey in the Mendips, with his friend Sean: "The entry is awkward, a body-bending downwards wriggle before a drop..." Abridged in five parts by Katrin Williams. Read by the author. Producer: Duncan Minshull. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.

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