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Last broadcast on Sat, 11 Feb 2012, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
John McCarthy talks to artist Emily Young about her travels to find stone for her sculpture, to travel writer Martin Symington about his venture in search of Britain's sacred places both ancient and modern and to Richard Grant about his exploration by inflatable raft of the Malagarasi River in East Africa. Together they consider the extent to which destinations can be spiritual.
Producer: Harry Parker.
Emily Young
is a renowned sculptor and stone carver. She has travelled all over the world to collect her stone: India, Mexico, Africa, Italy, and Turkey. Emily’s latest body of work is one informed by Italy and her move, last year, to the Convent of Santa Croce, in the Maremma. The six massive stone heads she has created will stand keeping watch over Berkeley Square, London from 7 Feb to 25th April 2012.
Emily Young: The Metaphysics of Stone
7 February - 25 April 2012: Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1J 5AX
7 - 29 February: The Fine Art Society 148 New Bond Street, London W1S 2JT
Time in the Stone: A Light Touch and a Long View
Publisher: Tacit Hill Editions
ISBN-10: 0955476607
ISBN-13: 978-0955476600
Martin Symington
is a travel writer who has visited over a hundred countries. For his latest venture he travelled the length and breadth of Britain in search of sacred places. He has published a personal selection in his new book entitled Sacred Places; they range from Avebury, Lindisfarne and Iona to Hindu temples and Tibetan monasteries as well as the railings of Kensington Palace.
Sacred Britain – A Guide To Places That Stir The Soul
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN-10: 1841623636
ISBN-13: 978-1841623634
Richard Grant
is a travel writer and journalist who recently explored one of the most remote regions in East Africa and Tanzania’s wild Malagarasi river – ‘the river of bad spirits.’ Richard took along the travel memoirs of Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, who crossed this part of Africa on a fever-ravaged journey to Lake Tanganyika in 1856.
Crazy River: A plunge into Africa
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN-10: 1408703769
ISBN-13: 978-1408703762
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Sat 11 Feb 201210:00
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