Judith Scheele, Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara (London: Profile, 2026), 374 pp. More than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered in
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Episode Description What comes to mind when we think about the Sahara? Rippling sand dunes, sun-blasted expanses, camel drivers and their caravans perhaps. Or famine,