The Stubborn Light of Things

By Melissa Harrison

I am a nature writer and novelist, and I’m lucky enough to be able to walk out of my cottage straight into Suffolk’s beautiful open countryside. For six months – as spring 2020 broke over the British ... more

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The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.

The Stubborn Light of Things episodes:

August 10, 2020 Episode Nineteen: Ritual
Join Melissa as she watches a huge combine harvester bringing in the golden wheat. The air is full of flying chaff, dragonflies, and the reedy sound of yellowhammers. Listen →
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27min
August 03, 2020 Episode Eighteen: Continuity
Join Melissa as she explores a nearby arable farm. It’s a scorcher of a day, the heat hammering down, and grey partridges take cover in the shadier hedgerows. Listen →
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29min
July 27, 2020 Episode Seventeen: Knowing
Join Melissa at dusk as she strolls around the peaceful village, looking for glow-worms. A tawny owl is calling from behind the church, and the hedgerows are full of crickets. Listen →
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33min
July 20, 2020 Episode Sixteen: Identity
Join Melissa and her dog Scout on a muggy walk among mudflats, creeks and saltmarsh where Phragmites reeds and sea lavender grow. Listen →
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26min
July 13, 2020 Episode Fifteen: Names
Join Melissa on a shingly Suffolk beach studded with sea kale, horned poppies and spiny blue eryngium. Listen →
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24min
July 06, 2020 Episode Fourteen: Looking
Join Melissa on a circular walk around the village’s sunny meadows. It’s haymaking time, and grasshoppers zither from the tall grass. Listen →
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33min
June 29, 2020 Episode Thirteen: Listening
Join Melissa as she listens for nightjars after dark. On Suffolk’s Sandlings the gorse smells of coconuts, while silver birches glimmer in the dusk. Listen →
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29min
June 22, 2020 Episode Twelve: Home
Join Melissa as she pays a visit to a nearby rabbit warren. It’s the longest day of the year, and the weather is sultry. Listen →
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34min
June 15, 2020 Episode Eleven: Value
Join Melissa as she looks for purring turtle doves. The tall June grass is thick with wildflowers, and songbirds are still in full and glorious voice. Listen →
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30min
June 08, 2020 Episode Ten: Binaries
Join Melissa at twilight – the ‘blue hour’ – in a tangled copse. The hedges are garlanded with dog roses, and ox-eye daisies glimmer beneath. Listen →
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31min

FAQs about The Stubborn Light of Things:

How many episodes does The Stubborn Light of Things have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.