This month's preview by Peter Burley of events & entertainment coming up locally from mid-August to mid-September.

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed looks for timely lessons for all in Isabella Tree's book 'Wilding' which describes the impact of efforts to restore nature to Knepp Farm in West Sussex.

Rob Pearman tells regular reviewer Debbie Heath why he chose George Saunders' Man Booker prize winning novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' for this edition in the series 'Talking about Books and Audiobooks'

In the latest in the series "Me & My Job", Jill Burridge chats with Pam Firth, psycho-social counsellor in palliative care about this demanding and challenging work and about other work Pam has undertaken during her career internationally as well as in the St Albans area.

In the series by members of the BeauSandVer Writers Group, Nick Churton reads another of his short stories (An Unwanted Appearance) and then Clare Hobba brings us a longer story about 'The Ginger Beer Bug'.

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed focuses on the importance of - and threat to - the insect species.

Peter Burley previews music, theatre and other events and entertainment around the City & District over the next few weeks.

He lives locally but he reports and commentates on football matches played around the world.  Dominic Johnson gives an insider's view of working in one of the world's favourite sports and tells Rob Pearman how he built his  career.

Two more Ver Poets read a selection of their poems in a series looking at the work of this much-acclaimed poetry society which meets in St Albans but has a national and international membership.

David Ireson and Jill Burridge tell us about what's coming up in St Albans & Harpenden venues over the next few weeks (including the first concert in the Assembly Room at the new Museum + Gallery) in this final edition of In Concert before the summer break.