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The Stubborn Light of Things

I am a nature writer and novelist, and I’m lucky enough to be able to walk out of my cottage straight into Suffolk’s beautiful open countryside. For six months – as spring 2020 broke over the British ... Read more

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Episode Twenty-eight: Outtakes

Episode Twenty-eight: Outtakes

Making a nature podcast is harder than you think... Note: Contains bad words and loud noises! Listen →

7 Oct 2020

3mins

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Episode Twenty-seven: Meaning

Episode Twenty-seven: Meaning

Join Melissa for the last time on a longer walk than usual, taking in some familiar landmarks from earlier in the series... Read more

5 Oct 2020

54mins

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Episode Twenty-six: Weather

Episode Twenty-six: Weather

Join Melissa in her cosy cottage as wind and rain lash down outside. The autumn migration is underway, and billions of b... Read more

28 Sep 2020

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Episode Twenty-five: Healing

Episode Twenty-five: Healing

Join Melissa as she cycles to an abandoned World War II airbase and explores the old runways. A sharp breeze is plucking... Read more

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Episode Twenty-four: Faltering

Episode Twenty-four: Faltering

Join Melissa and Scout as they walk down towards the village at sunset. The shadows of oaks stretch long over the stubbl... Read more

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Episode Twenty-three: Encounter

Episode Twenty-three: Encounter

Join Melissa as the sun rises on a crisp, cool autumn day; there are deer and hares in the dawn fields, and robins sing ... Read more

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Episode Twenty-two: Inheritance

Episode Twenty-two: Inheritance

Join Melissa as she walks Scout through the grounds of a stately home. The weather’s wet and it’s starting to feel like ... Read more

31 Aug 2020

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Episode Twenty-one: Normal

Episode Twenty-one: Normal

Join Melissa as she gets lost in a tangled wood on the edge of the village. It’s windy, and a robin sings from the under... Read more

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Episode Twenty: Hope

Episode Twenty: Hope

Join Melissa as she scrambles down from her perch in an ancient oak and walks to a five-acre meadow managed for wildlife... Read more

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Episode Nineteen: Ritual

Episode Nineteen: Ritual

Join Melissa as she watches a huge combine harvester bringing in the golden wheat. The air is full of flying chaff, drag... Read more

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