27 Sept, 16.00 - Philip Marsden on Under a Metal Sky
Weaving ecology, mysticism and history, Philip Marsden journeys through the minerals that have shaped our species, offering a fresh perspective on our ever-evolving relationship with the natural world. From ochre’s role in the earliest art to the metals that fuelled industry and empire, from alchemists to gold prospectors, Marie Curie to Goethe, Under a Metal Sky explores how using the earth’s materials has meant both benefit and peril, and opened up the imagination in some surprising ways.
Philip Marsden is the award-winning author of a number of books of history, travel and fiction, including The Summer Isles: a Voyage of the Imagination, Rising Ground and The Bronski House. His work has been translated into more than fifteen languages and he lives in Cornwall with his wife and a number of boats.