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A Tomb with a View by Peter Ross

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Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

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In this compassionate celebration of life and remembrance, Orwell Fellow Peter Ross uncovers the stories behind the headstones in graveyards across the UK.

In Belfast’s Milltown Cemetery, Ross comes face to face with the unsettling power of sacrifice and martyrdom.

Read by Andy Clark
Written by Peter Ross
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Peter Ross' next book, 'Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church' is published in May. Show less

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