The Long Man of Wilmington or, The Wilmington Giant, 1939 by Eric Ravilious

We have Vol 10 of the wonderful Caught by the River series on the show today. Put together by Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman to celebrate the release of their latest album on Clay Pipe Music - tune into Soho Radio from 9am

Spoken Word & Nature Disco Vol. 10 — a special Scottish edition compiled by Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman — is now available to stream via our Mixcloud caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/spoken…

Now with added playlist, compiled by Joe Boyd to accompany the reading of the book!

Twenty Six Achill Hearths: As she collects her images of hearths in abandoned Achill cottages in a hand-bound edition, photographer Kate Mount talks to Kirsteen McNish about return, resurrection, and hearths as the heart of the house caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/twenty…

'Each pearl pocketed is another silvering tongueless mouth washed ashore ripe for brittling underfoot.' Read an extract from Saskia McCracken's new prose poetry pamphlet 'Common Name', which explores the strange common names of seaweed caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/common…

For the next Irish Writers Centre free online Climate Writing Session, taking place on 18th September, host Kerri ní Dochartaigh will be joined by British-Icelandic interdisciplinary artist and author Dr. Sarah Thomas, and Caught by the River editor Diva Harris caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/irish-…

From 4th-6th Oct at Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, the inaugural Literature & Landscape festival will celebrate the unique landscapes of North Norfolk and the British Isles. Lineup features Alice Oswald, Robert Macfarlane and Adam Nicolson. More info: caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/litera…

#NowPlaying: ‘Earthly Music’ by Laura Cannell caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/now-pl… Taken from Laura’s 10th solo album 'The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined', inspired by fragments and melodies from the 12th century nun, mystic, composer and herbalist Hildegard von Bingen

Announced today: the Forest of Bowland National Landscape will feature as a major hub in a £2M ground-breaking national art project, NatureCalling — which will see OneDa & Rob St.John creatively engage with young people from Burnley & Nelson caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/nature…

'What is it about Bream Summer Show that touches my heart so deeply? Is it the care and attention that has been devoted to those three immaculate carrots?' Sue Brooks takes in the marquees and perfect vegetables of the Bream Summer Show caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/sue-br…

Curated by Meira Asher and Stephen Shiell, 'RadioActive – on Water' is a six episode podcast series exploring the interactions between transmission, sound, activism and water caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/radioa…

We can't wait to see what the young people of Burnley create. Lancashire mill towns are special, cultural places with grit, humour and spark. Nature Calling is about celebrating culture and nature together to make something truly unique and special.

We have three copies of Katie Holten | Language of Trees🌳 | Code Red 🇵🇸's 'The Language of Trees' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of Elliott & Thompson. Make sure you're subscribed to our mailing list for entry details! (If you aren't already, find the box in the sidebar of caughtbytheriver.net)

'It’s not the obvious place for a walk – especially for the diehards who remember the area from its days of semi-legal warehouse raves.' Circuitous Routes, Part 10: after some forced time off his feet, Mark Hooper takes a few tentative steps... caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/circui…

'The park feels tropical, summer at its crescendo [...] everything electric green — parakeets divebombing, lime bikes whizzing, children’s palm trees planted on the path in chalk.' August's Dog Walk Report finds Diva Harris in the tropics of South London caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/dog-wa…

Visited Britain's largest raven roost in Anglesey and can see why these vast, croaking creatures feature so heavily in Welsh folklore! #bookresearch

Big s/o to my pal and sometime collaborator Rob St.John for this huge commission creating work related to the Forest Of Bowland up in Lancashire, lots of info on Caught by the River caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/nature…

'Le Jardin d’Hannibal' collects Marine Lanier's large format photographs of the Lautaret Garden — Europe's highest-altitude garden, home to plants from the Alps, the Rockies, the Caucasus, the Himalayas, Japan, the Arctic, the Andes, Patagonia and Africa caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/le-jar…