This week The Hedgehog & the Fox go looking for those much-despised denizens of our urban landscape, gulls, in the company of writer, birdwatcher and radio producer Tim Dee. Gulls… Read More
Tim Dee: down in the dump with the gulls
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Julian Baggini: How the World Thinks
This week the hedgehog and the fox are in the company of philosopher Julian Baggini and we are in pursuit of no less a question than how the world thinks… Read More
Peter Davidson in the gathering dusk
This week the hedgehog and the fox venture out into that time of day that the French call between the dog and the wolf, in other words, in the fading… Read More
Danny Dorling on Peak Inequality
In this week’s programme I talk to Danny Dorling about inequality, its causes and consequences. Danny is professor of geography at the University of Oxford. In his latest book, Peak… Read More
Tessa Laird: of bat bombs and other chiropteran marvels
This is a lightly edited transcript of my recent interview with Tessa Laird, which you can find here: Tessa Laird, who teaches at the Victorian College of the Arts, University… Read More
Anne O’Neil-Henry on The Mysteries of Paris and other bestsellers
In France in the 1830s many of the features of the commercial publishing world we know today were coming into being: celebrity authors, runaway bestsellers, commercially minded publishers, copycat trends,… Read More
Caspar Henderson in search of modern marvels
In this week’s programme we’re exploring the concept of wonder in the company of science writer Caspar Henderson, author of A New Map of Wonders. One reviewer called the book… Read More
Tessa Laird on the weird world of bats
In this the first programme in the new autumn season, the Hedgehog and the Fox go in search of bats, in the company of Tessa Laird. Tessa, who teaches at… Read More
Brian O’Connor: In defence of idleness
Leisure, we quickly learn, is the reward for hard work, the chance to recharge before returning to the fray. But idleness is unearned, unjustified, self-indulgent – certainly not something a… Read More
Meghan Warner Mettler: how America learned to love Japan
This week my guest is Meghan Warner Mettler, who’s an assistant professor of history at Upper Iowa University. Meghan is the author of the recent book, How to Reach… Read More