Under a Metal Sky review: A rich new history of our obsession with extracting Earth’s resources
Sunset over the ruins of Wheal Coates in Cornwall, once among the UK’s most important tin mines David Chapman/Alamy Under a Metal SkyPhilip Marsden (Granta (UK, on sale) Counterpoint (US, 4 November)) Travel writer Philip Marsden lives on the river Fal in Cornwall, UK. About 3500 years ago, after a little tin was added to…
