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Radio 4 Extra,30 Apr 2019,14 mins

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Robert Macfarlane describes his travels in various worlds beneath our feet. This time the adventure is urban. He travels towards a city's catacombs: "Late in the morning we drop down a set of staircases to a point named on the maps as Hell Well." Read by the author. Abridged by Katrin Williams. Producer: Duncan Minshull First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.

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