Award-winning midlife-adventure podcaster Zoe Langley-Wathen tells us about changing her life with solo walks, and how to walk 3412 miles on a 35-mile stretch of canal

Mud is associated with death, disease and madness, despite being one of the most productive ecosystems on earth. Kate Monson explores the swirling, inconstant, downright stinky mudlands of her family history, and suggests that mud can teach us to live well in tangled, troubled times