No man is an island, wrote John Donne. BBC Home Editor Mark Easton argues the opposite: that we are all islands, and it is upon the contradictory shoreline where isolation meets connectedness, where ‘us’ meets ‘them’, that we find out who we truly are.

Mark’s new book Islands: Searching for truth on the shoreline reflects his lyrical but hard-hitting journalistic understanding of modern-day social structures. The result: a dreamy travel narrative with a labyrinth of historical facts and mythical tales, oozing with essence of escapism.

In this episode, discover why we are still so fascinated by ‘islandness’, the historical idea that Mark finds especially intriguing, and which book he would take to a desert island.

PLUS listen out for your exclusive 20% off discount code!
Mark’s book is available here from the Biteback website: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/islands

Music
‘Funkorama’ by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/