Spoken Word and Wayward Walks
Dictations
Things to listen to....
The Rise and Fall of the Lower Hope
Reaches and Features of the Thames Estuary
Featured on Guardian Online, June 2008 - click this link to the recording:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/audio/2008/jun/18/thames.estuary
Speaking Stops
The language of pipe organs
Recording from a live performance at St Pancras Old Church, with Veryan Weston improvising
on the church's organ.
Click here to listen:
(Thanks to Simon Williams and Steve Moyes for providing the recording).
Bryodiversity:
The uncommon 'common' names of British mosses and liverworts
Video and music by Veryan Weston, filmed around his local
Hertfordshire woodlands and waterways. Click on the link above to Veryan's site, and scroll down towards the bottom of the page to see
the film.
The Lesser Spotted Lepidoptera:
The Neglected Splendour of British Moths
See Flora and Fauna page for the full text
Recording by Jeremy Tranter
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Compliments to Heart's Content
The journey of the Atlantic Cable from Valentia Island, Ireland,
across the Atlantic to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
Written for the Newfoundland-based Atlantic Basin Project.
Audio and soundscaping by Jeremy Tranter
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Loading Lines
The language and terminology of the docks of London and the Thames and Medway.
Recording by Jeremy Tranter
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