Writing Nature

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4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Writing Nature

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:07.0	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.0	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:14.0	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for
0:21.7	Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex Fontunzelman. This is
0:27.8	the Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello and welcome to this special edition of Open Book.
0:40.4	And though we're here at the South Bank Centre with the live audience in the heart of London,
0:44.6	today we're taking an imaginative hike further afield,
0:48.0	exploring the natural world through writing.
0:50.4	I'm Johnny Pitts.
0:51.3	And I'm Octavia Bright.
0:53.3	Joining me and Johnny on our Odyssey
0:54.9	Are a quartet of writers
0:56.4	Fiona Mosley, daughter Naws
0:58.3	and Maya Rose Craig
0:59.4	are with us in person
1:00.4	And beaming in from the wilds
1:02.5	of the Lake District
1:03.4	is Sarah Hall
1:04.4	Who's with us via Zoom
1:05.7	Please join me in welcoming
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