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The Gannetry

Episode 4 of 5

Scottish poet and travel writer Kathleen Jamie introduces us to the world of gannets - and more. Read by Maureen Beattie.

Read by: Maureen Beattie
Abridged by: Pete Nichols

"The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered - what is it that we're just not seeing?"

In the fourth essay from her book SIGHTLINES Scottish poet and travel writer Kathleen Jamie introduces us to the world of Gannets - and more.

Five years after FINDINGS broke the mould of nature writing, award-winning Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie subtly shifts our focus on landscape and the living world, daring us to look again at the natural, the remote and the human-made.

"Kathleen Jamie, the Scottish poet, has written a book that transcends the definition of nature study ... SIGHTLINES is a work of intense purity and quiet genius and we're lucky to have it."
Philip Hoare
The Sunday Telegraph

Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Mar 2017 02:45

Broadcasts

  • Thu 26 Apr 2012 09:45
  • Fri 27 Apr 2012 00:30
  • Thu 16 Mar 2017 14:45
  • Fri 17 Mar 2017 02:45

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