A Meditation on Mud by Rebecca Stott

1/5. In a series of new writing, award-winning writer Rebecca Stott takes us on a scientific, historical and cultural journey as she unearths the meanings of mud.

1/5. In a series of new writing, award-winning writer Rebecca Stott takes us on a scientific, historical and cultural journey as she unearths the meanings of mud.

2/5. In a series of new writing, in this episode, award-winning writer Rebecca Stott explores how writers have long been fascinated by the dark side of mud.

2/5. In a series of new writing, in this episode, award-winning writer Rebecca Stott explores how writers have long been fascinated by the dark side of mud.

3/5. In this series of new writing, award- winning author Rebecca Stott goes back into deep time to examine the origins of mud.

3/5. In this series of new writing, award- winning author Rebecca Stott goes back into deep time to examine the origins of mud.

4/5. In a series of new writing, award-winning writer Rebecca Stott discovers how the drowning mud of World War One overcame both her great uncles.

4/5. In a series of new writing, award-winning writer Rebecca Stott discovers how the drowning mud of World War One overcame both her great uncles.

5/5. In this series of new writing, mud and Charles Darwin bring award-winning writer Rebecca to a deeper understanding of her mother's death-and life.

5/5. In this series of new writing, mud and Charles Darwin bring award-winning writer Rebecca to a deeper understanding of her mother's death-and life.