It’s a bright, sunny morning in North Gower, and we’ve been invited down to a pulsing, tidal place: the daily walking route of poet Natalie Ann Holborow. On the salt marshes flanking the Loughor Estuary, while cockle-pickers clatter out on quad bikes, we discuss the importance of creative exploration: of getting out in nature, and out of comfort zones. We also talk about the safe places we come back to, full of familiar rhythms and memories, where we can breathe - and return to ourselves.

Natalie is an award-winning poet from Swansea, Wales. She has performed her poetry all over the world, and is the author of the collections And Suddenly You Find Yourself, Small and Little Universe, as well as co-author of The Wrong Side of the Looking Glass.

Produced with the support of Arts Council England. With music by Rob T and Danny Booth. 

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