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  • One-eyed Jack, WG Grace and the Sheffield Shield

    19 JUL 2018 · How a slice of 19th Century cricketing history is about to go on display for the first time at a small museum in Nottinghamshire
    6m 11s
  • Refusing to Fight. The story of Conscientious Objectors in WW1

    22 MAR 2018 · As we approach the centenary of the ending of WW1, this is a look back at an interview with a man whose father was jailed five times for refusing to fight - and the way attitudes had changed by the time his son refused National Service after WW2.
    9m 11s
  • A Walk in the Rain. How hiking is helping to tackle addiction,

    20 MAR 2018 · Spending a day with a group of men tackling their addictions through trekking and hiking.
    8m 11s
  • For the love of bees...art and science combine

    24 DEC 2017 · Back in 2015, Nottingham based artist Wolfgang Buttress designed the UK's contribution to the Milan expo. It was a giant structure based on a beehive. It was linked to a real nest and the colours and sounds within the artwork would change according to the behaviour of the bees. The Hive is now in Kew Gardens. This a piece I did for BBC Radio 4.
    6m 14s
  • Foraging for food in the wild

    21 DEC 2017 · Earlier this year I spent a day in South Wales foraging for food with Yun Hider from the Wild Food Centre.
    6m 37s
  • Walking the world's most northern pilgrimage trail.

    12 DEC 2017 · A 500 km trek across Sweden and Norway from Baltic to Atlantic in the footsteps of a murderous Viking saint .
    9m 2s
  • Brass Bands..An Industrial and Cultural Heritage

    11 DEC 2017 · A short piece I put together for BBC Radio 4 on the current state of Brass Bands in the UK and how they are trying to adapt and survive in a post industrial landscape.
    7m 32s
A short piece on current state of brass bands which recently ran on BBC Radio 4 . Recorded at a competition in Derbyshire
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