DIGITAL LIBRARY // WILD

Welcome to your digital library for this quarter where you’ll find lots of great content we couldn’t physically put into the box.

 

PLAYLISTS

Wildside Playlist

This quarter’s playlist starts with whale song before taking a detour through some weird and whimsical folk, nature-infused hip hop and classic rock before closing with a more urban kind of wildness. 

Soundscapes by Seán Ronayne

Seán Ronayne’s two digital albums are both available to buy from Bandcamp for €8 each. 

 

PODCASTS

 

Book Off! Sophie Elmhirst and Susan Smillie

Author of your first book meets fellow journalist and writer Susan Smillie to discuss the joy of the sea, sailing and exploring the world before going head-to-head to champion a book they love and think we should all read.

 

James Rebanks on Desert Island Discs

Author of your second book this quarter chooses his desert island discs, first broadcast in 2019, following the publication of his surprise best-selling debut book about life on his Cumbrian farm.

 

 

WATCH

Alvaro Cerezo interviews Maurice Bailey

A fascinating and moving interview with Maurice recorded not long before he died.

Rosie Boycott interviews James Rebanks about The Place of Tides

An interview from 2024 at Conway Hall in London in which you get to see some of James’ own photographs of his time on the island.

 

 

 

READ

Maralyn Bailey’s Diary

Read Marelyn's actual diary entries from her time aboard the Auralyn and the life raft. Maurice shared the diary with Alvaro Cerezo and gave him permission to photograph each double page spread and publish them online. You can click on the images to enlarge each page.

 

A Conversation on Wilderness

A wide-ranging and fascinating discussion between Gavin Van Horn, Executive Editor for Humans & Nature Press Books, and John Hausdoerffer, Professor of Environment, Sustainability and Philosophy at Western State Colorado University that looks at wildness as a dynamic relationship between humans and the landscape and whether the concept of wilderness is a hangover from colonialism.

 

Antarctica ‘too wild for humans to rule’, says Shackleton medal winner

An article in The Guardian from earlier this month about environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan who believes Antarctica should be recognised as an autonomous legal entity and whose work has been awarded the Shackleton medal for the protection of the polar regions.

  

 

That’s it for this quarter’s digital extras. If you’re a subscriber, your next box will arrive in September. Until then, remember you can join our email list at the foot of the page if you want to be notified when we reveal details about the next box.

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