Local author, Joe Gray, discusses eco-fiction and his new book,  The Gardens of Greenspring Road. Plus your eco-fiction recommendations and other inspirational eco-reads.

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed calls for support in the campaign to save Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits – home to a wide range of birds and other wildlife – from potential loss if the Bowmans Cross de…

Sarah Perry, Living Rivers Officer for Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust discusses the new Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy and her hopes for a brighter future for internationally rare chalk streams…

In this week’s show we hear about the local COP26 Day of Climate Action here in St.Albans and also from St.Albans people up in Glasgow, including Stephen Marcus who walked all the way there as part of…

It’s been thirty years since local nature observer, writer and correspondent Rupert Evershed was last visited by a Spotted Flycatcher.  They had once been annual visitors so he was delighted to see th…

The Remarkable World of Trees is a beautiful and fascinating new exhibition at St.Albans Museum and Art Gallery. It’s the brain child of local tree enthusiast and author of the sell out book, the Rema…

Local naturalist and correspondent Rupert Evershed (see podcast series: Local Life – Nature Notes) believes that experiencing nature’s variety is as good as a rest.  His recent experience of land and…

One of a series of publications by the British Library, ‘Crawling Horror – Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird’ is edited by Daisy Butcher and Janette Leaf, respectively postgraduate researchers at Her…

Kevin Barton of Affinity Water explains everything about the new pipeline being laid along the Redbourn Road – why it’s so crucial, why it can’t be laid elsewhere and where further roadworks will be r…