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Wild Isles and nature writing

Moss has inspired the latest book by poet Elizabeth-Jane Burnett. Jacob Polley has been thinking about what wildness means for plants and humans. Horatio Clare records sound walks.

Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Horatio Clare and Jacob Polley join Catherine Fletcher for a conversation about nature writing and the landscapes depicted in the TV series Wild Isles. Ecopoet Elizabeth-Jane Burnett's new book makes its way through mossy wetlands from Somerset to Country Tyrone, Newcastle based poet Jacob Polley, has been exploring what it might mean to interpret and translate wildness into human language and human understanding and Horatio Clare, has recorded many sound walks for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3.

Producer in Salford: Ruth Thomson

You can hear a range of wildlife recordings from the TV Series β€œWild Isles” in Radio 3’s Sunday Breakfast β€œSounds of the Earth” nature collage alongside complementary reflective music tracks. Two episodes of Words and Music inspired by British nature are available on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds and Wild Isles is available on the iPlayer.
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Wed 22 Mar 2023 22:00

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  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow

    Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu. Performer: Miloő Karadaglić.

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  • Wed 22 Mar 2023 22:00

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