In this week's podcast we investigate two of the senses that often get rushed out of focus in the bustle of the modern world. The acoustic engineer Trevor Cox dons a blindfold and takes off on a sound walk around King's Cross, to show how what hear is influenced by where we are. He explains why we should pay more attention to the twangs and thuds that surround us, and why he went searching for a place where every noise reverberated for two minutes.
Then we turn our attention to taste with the journalist Michael Paterniti, who journeyed to rural Spain in search of one of the world's rarest cheeses and its larger-than-life creator – a man whose pursuit of authenticity challenges many of the values of modern life.
Reading list
• Sonic Wonderland by Trevor Cox (Bodley Head)
• The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti (Canongate)
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