Weird England

Fixed earth: ancient Norfolk flint, deep time, sacred herbs, soporific lettuces, and chilly beaches.

Listen to ‘Snatch Valentine: Weird England’ On The Essay, BBC Radio 3

Creamy flint is cracked open, its glittering centres exposed with sharp tools. The landscape is dry in its lunar whiteness, with heaps of cracked inky flint in the pale wash of sky.