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The Great Stink: how England came to swim in sewage

The Great Stink: how England came to swim in sewage

Daily Politics from the New Statesman · The New Statesman

May 20, 202434m 26s

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Show Notes

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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