34 min

The Great Stink: how England came to swim in sewage The New Statesman Podcast: Election Watch daily throughout the UK general election

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The sea is no longer safe to swim in, tomatoes are growing on beaches from seeds in undigested human faeces, and rivers are awash with pig’s blood. When did everything start to go wrong, and who bears the brunt of this grotesque responsibility? 
The Great Stink by Will Dunn is this week’s cover story and you can find it here

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The sea is no longer safe to swim in, tomatoes are growing on beaches from seeds in undigested human faeces, and rivers are awash with pig’s blood. When did everything start to go wrong, and who bears the brunt of this grotesque responsibility? 
The Great Stink by Will Dunn is this week’s cover story and you can find it here

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

34 min

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