Surfacing (Omnibus)

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Surfacing (omnibus)

Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie (Omnibus)

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Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie.

Award-winning poet Kathleen Jamie's essays reflect on time, memory and our connections to the past. Read by Maureen Beattie.

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.

Award-winning poet Kathleen Jamie's essays reflect on time, memory and our connections to the past.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Linda Cracknell

Read by Maureen Beattie

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2020.

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