Reading the ruins: What can Britain’s lost villages teach us?

Britain has hundreds of abandoned villages. How did they fall victim to history? And how are the communities that once called these places home remembered? With more than 4000 villages at risk of flooding over the coming decades, these question feels more pertinent than ever. Hannah Fearn is joined by historian Matthew Green, author of Shadowlands: A journey through lost Britain, to dig up the ruins of our gone but not (quite) forgotten lands.

Matthew’s book is out in paperback from Faber and can be bought here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571338030-shadowlands/

• “The black death led to over 3000 disappeared villages.”
• “It’s hard not to see an uncanny foreshadowing of our destruction from climate change.”
• “When we remember and tell the stories of our lost lands we never lose them.”
• “The more you meditate on ruins, the less of a ruin you become yourself.”

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Written and presented by Hannah Fearn. Audio production by Alex Rees. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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