Why do we stare at sunsets? Why do we get a rush from the view from the top of a mountain? What is it about the extraordinariness of nature that inspires awe? And why don’t we feel it when we’re doing the supermarket shop? Two writers have the answer. You have to go to the edge. Turn your back on big cities, the establishment, the centre of any received authority and journey to the wilderness – real or metaphorical.
Cal Flyn takes us into the wild in her book The Savage Landscape, addressing our yearning to be inspired by extreme nature. Charles Foster argues that all the best ideas happen at the edges, in his book The Edges of the World. They talk to broadcaster and Countryfile presenter Sean Fletcher.
