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

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 9 April 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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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.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast 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 Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.4	hello and welcome to the bunker. I'm Hannah Fern. A few years ago Dr Matthew
1:09.5	Green, a public historian and expert or the story of London faced a period of sudden personal change.
1:15.6	After the ending of his marriage and the death of his father, he became fascinated by another loss,
1:21.3	how entire towns and villages in Britain that had thrived for centuries just vanished.
1:26.8	He embarked on a journey to track these ghost towns down and understand what these lost people
1:31.6	might tell us about how we live today and he's here with me
1:34.8	hi Matthew good morning your book opens with the story of Dunich which is an East Anglion
1:40.0	port of about 5,000 people which slipped into the sea due to coastal erosion.
1:45.2	What was it like for you walking among kind of a handful of remaining ruins that
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