Ep.390 – Walking the Western Front – Briana Gervat

In this episode of the Western Front Association’s Mentioned in Dispatches Podcast, Briana Gervat discusses her book There Will Come Soft Rains, which recounts her extraordinary solo walk along the Western Front from the Swiss border to the North Sea.

Briana reflects on the journey, the landscapes and communities she encountered and what walking the length of the former Western Front revealed about the enduring physical and human legacy of the First World War.

The episode explores the relationship between history, memory and landscape and considers how travelling through these historic places on foot can offer a distinctive perspective on the conflict and its continuing presence in Europe.