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Wild Swimmer, Wild Life

“Guardian” staff writer Patrick Barkham chats with Ross MacFarlane about “The Swimmer”, Patrick’s appropriately unconventional biography of Roger Deakin. Abandoning his lucrative career as a 1960s Soho advertising executive, Deakin bought a ruined house in rural Suffolk and then reinvented himself …

‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2

Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line By Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot Daly. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/longreadpod">the…

100 years on Earth: celebrating David Attenborough’s birthday

To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s centenary, Madeleine Finlay catches up with natural history writer Patrick Barkham, who has met the celebrated presenter. They explore how the natural world has changed in the century that Attenborough has been on Earth, and how his programming has reflected hi…

EP.273 - PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE

Adam talks with American journalist Patrick Radden Keefe about his book London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth, the challenges presented by parenting adolescents, the seductive power of movies like The Wolf Of Wall Street and Patrick's own efforts to res…

Audio Edition: The State of Nature Update #24

Here is the recorded version of Saturday’s State of Nature Update, in case you prefer to listen to your biodiversity news or just don’t have the time to read everything you’d like to. This week I’m covering stories about: Biodiversity: * Ukrainians find joy in releasing bats rescued from war. * C…

Patrick Barkham

The nature writer Patrick Barkham takes Martha Kearney on a butterfly-spotting trip in Foxley Wood, Norfolk. This is Norfolk's largest ancient woodland, which has been undergoing restoration since the 1980s. Seven summers ago, it saw the return of the rare purple emperor butterfly, which had become…

‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?

Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nature By Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot Daly. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.thegu…

The State of Nature Update #29

In this edition of Nature Signals, we explore some of the latest stories shaping our understanding of biodiversity, wildlife and conservation around the world. The episode begins with the wandering glider dragonfly, also known as the globe skimmer, which can cross oceans and travel up to 18,000 kil…

The State of Nature Update #30

This episode explores the latest biodiversity news, from bird migration and animal behavior to the growing threat of climate change to coral reefs. We begin with the annual fall migration, examining why artificial light can be dangerous for birds and how dimming lights at night may help prevent dea…