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Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Village (Omnibus)

Writer Lamorna Ash's evocative memoir about the time she spent in the Cornish fishing community of Newlyn. Read by Ell Potter.

For 22-year old Lamorna Ash, Cornwall has always been an idyll.

It's the place where her mother grew up, and where she spent her summer holidays.

Now, Larmorna is travelling to the town of Newlyn, close to Land's End, with a view to finding out about its fishing community and its heritage.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Julian Wilkinson.

Read by Ell Potter.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.

***** Lamorna Ash is a writer and playwright. Dark, Salt, Clear is her first book.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Apr 202402:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Mar 202009:00
  • Sun 29 Mar 202020:00
  • Sat 27 Apr 202407:30
  • Sat 27 Apr 202412:30
  • Sat 27 Apr 202418:30
  • Sun 28 Apr 202402:30