Max Porter & Tim Ingold / Living Lines

TOAST, https://www.toa.st, is a clothing and lifestyle brand that aspires to a slower, more thoughtful way of life. This season we have been examining our relationship with the line. Following the marks we make through writing and weaving and tracing the lines that shape our landscape, from telegraph lines and washing lines to those made by walking, railways and rivers. For this special episode, we delve into the subject further. Down the telephone line from Aberdeen, we hear Tim Ingold, academic and author of A Brief History of Lines. Tim takes us through his discoveries surrounding the line, suggesting that we are all interwoven and interconnected by drawing on archaeology, language, music and nature. In a lively London square, during early March, Laura Barton speaks to Max Porter, acclaimed author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny. Max is known for his intermingling of prose and poetry, for his physical exploration of the line on the page. Both speakers give an insight into their own relationship with the line, seeing it as an entry into how we might better live our lives. TOAST Podcasts are presented by Laura Barton, produced by Geoff Bird and conceived by Emily Cameron. The music is part of TOAST Slow Sound, the full album can be heard at https://www.toa.st/uk/content/features/slowsound.htm.