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Writing tagged: ‘podcasts’

20 July 2020

My podcast appearance, and a spot of astronomy.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, bats, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, mammals, podcasts
Barn owl

Newsletter No. 20: ‘Giving it the David Attenboroughs’

In which I gatecrash a podcast, and share cool stuff by the likes of: Melissa Harrison · Luke Turner · Werner Herzog · Merlin Sheldrake · Robert Macfarlane · Gaby Wood · Caught by the River · Philip Hoare · and a host of talented extras.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, birds, Caught by the River, Clive James, Darwin book, Donald Hall, Gaby Wood, Gilbert White, Luke Turner, Melissa Harrison, Merlin Sheldrake, Philip Hoare, Philip Larkin, podcasts, Robert Macfarlane, Werner Herzog
New moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall

Giving fiascos a bad name

How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: bats, Calder Valley, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, Melissa Harrison, podcasts, YNWA
New moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall

Bats podcast piece

I make a guest appearance in episode 16 of Melissa Harrison’s podcast ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. Here’s an extended version.

Published 16-Jul-2020
Filed under: Featured Writing, News, Published Pieces Tags: bats, mammals, Melissa Harrison, podcasts
Super-moon

8 April 2020

A new podcast, jackdaws, and a super-moon.

Published 08-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, Melissa Harrison, podcasts, woodpigeons
Moor grass doodle

Newsletter No. 8: ‘But is it Art?’

iPads · s-town · babylonian astronomy · Patti Smith · James Kelman · star-stuff · golden age of photography · conveying life's wonders · horses · bees · organ donations

Published 11-Aug-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, ipad, Patti Smith, photography, podcasts
Millie

Newsletter No. 6: ‘A borrowed dog’

woodpeckers · ambrotype portraits · W.G. Sebald · a deserted hamlet · mission creep · prime meridians · W.H. Hudson · podcasts · street photography · bonkers · tapirs · coiners

Published 28-May-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Ben Myers, birds, dogs, photography, podcasts, W.G. Sebald

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