Voices of the Countryside
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Welcome to Beyond the Hedge where we go in search of the places, people, traditions and tales that make rural Britain extraordinary. Join us as we head out along the backroads to meet publicans, writers, hedgelayers, butchers, poets and keepers of everything from pigs to grey partridges to bees. We explore often-complex and sometimes-thorny themes with the help of real experts – practitioners with their hands in the soil and academics who’ve spent their lives thinking about things like the cultural history of fishing. Beyond the Hedge gets to the heart of rural Britain, as it was, is now and will...
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- Simon Reinhold - Into the Wild: Quail Hunts, Verdant Valleys, and Hidden Graves [7 min listen]
- Patrick Laurie - The Glorious Twelfth - the new season is here [8 min listen]
- Richard Negus: Crafting a Future - The Need for Rural Apprenticeships [9 min listen]
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- Beyond the Hedge: How Can we Engage Young People in the Countryside?
- Andy Ford: A Rum Diary (or Why Cricket and Fishing are the Same) [21 min listent]
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