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5. Vesper Flights

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Celebrating and learning invaluable life lessons from swifts 鈥� Helen reads her essay collection on the natural world. From 2020.

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

In this episode, swifts - finding them 'magical in the manner of all things that exist just a little beyond understanding'.

Each essay by the acclaimed nature writer explores humanity鈥檚 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 they celebrate its 鈥渜uality of wonder".

Abridged by Julian Wilkinson.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 2020.

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 5 Oct 2024 03:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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  • Fri 28 Aug 2020 09:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
  • Sat 29 Aug 2020 00:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Fri 4 Oct 2024 08:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 4 Oct 2024 13:30
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  • Fri 4 Oct 2024 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 5 Oct 2024 03:30
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