Non-Swimmers Podcast

<p>In the first episode of Non-Swimmers, host Emily Edge talks to Cullercoats based writer Peter Mortimer about his book The Last of the Hunters - a stark, vivid account of the six months he spent living and working aboard North Shields fishing boats in the 1980s.</p><p>This episode is part of Emily's practice-based research project, The Sea as Threshold: Weaving North East Coastal Narratives through Saori Practice, exploring the sea as a liminal space between life and death through woven textiles.</p><p>About our guest: Peter Mortimer is a poet, playwright, journalist, and theatre director based...