Vanessa Taylor Seven Rivers: A Journey Through the Currents of Human History

The leading historian of rivers, water and environmental history at the University of Greenwich tells the fascinating story of our relationship with rivers. We have navigated them, dammed them, built empires around them and worshipped at them. From the ancient ecosystems of Egypt to the sinking cities of Shanghai and London, what we do with our rivers tells us about who has power and what we value. Now, when a passion for wild swimming is flourishing but the Amazon is on fire and some of our major river systems are dying, it has never been clearer that rivers are intertwined with humanity at our best and our worst.

Talking to Tim Hubbard