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Journalist Peter Ross takes up the long human story as he visits the shrines, stones and monuments of the British Isles, beginning with midwinter at Stonehenge. Read by Andy Clark.
Stretching from midwinter at Stonehenge to midsummer at the Sycamore Gap, journalist Peter Ross takes up the long human story as he visits the ancient places of the British Isles. From stones to shrines, through ritual and commemoration, what are we seeking when we connect with the past?
鈥淛ust look. Just feel. And it will speak to you.鈥
On the shortest day of the year, Ross joins a festival of hope and renewal at an iconic prehistoric structure.
Read by Andy Clark
Written by Peter Ross
Abridged by Rosemary Goring
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Peter Ross is an Orwell journalism fellow whose writing has appeared in national newspapers and magazines in the UK and US. He won the non-fiction prize at Scotland's National Book Awards with A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards, and his next book, Steeple Chasing, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
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