Under the Mountain by Richard Smyth

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In Richard Smyth’s new disorientating original work, we follow the stubbornness of a writer who continues creating in spite of the world and its distractions, interruptions, and tragedies – small and large. Richard Smyth is an acclaimed novelist, critic and wildlife writer based in Yorkshire. As well as novels and short fiction, Richard writes features, reviews and comment pieces for publications including The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Statesman, The Author, BBC Wildlife, New Humanist, Illustration, New Scientist, Bird Watching, and more. His crosswords – both cryptic and quiz – appear regularly in New Scientist, History Today, New Humanist, BBC Wildlife, History Revealed and The Blizzard. He is part of the team that sets questions for BBC Mastermind, and is a cartoonist, too. ‘Under the Mountain’ is read by Jessica Hardwick and produced by Bethany Woodhead. It is a BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4.