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Helen Macdonald reads from her collection of essays about "love for the glittering world of non-human life around us."

In this episode, Helen considers crowds, community and the overwhelming experience of witnessing an eclipse.

Each essay in this collection by the acclaimed nature writer explores humanity’s connection with the natural world, our curiosity about it and our love for it, as well as its increasingly urgent fragility.

The essays are also a reminder that we inhabit a beautiful world, and celebrate it in all its wonder.

Abridged by Julian Wilkinson.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in August 2020.