Beneath the broad Alaskan sky, long-buried artefacts spill from the thawing tundra. In the eroding sand dunes of a Scottish island, preserved Neolithic hearths and homes are uncovered by the wind. And in a grandmother’s tenement flat, memories surface of a long-ago mining accident and a mother who was kind.

In the last of the extracts from Kathleen Jamie's collection of essays, the poet draws together her reflections on nature, memory and family.

Read by Maureen Beattie
Abridged by Linda Cracknell
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Show less