Lucy Campbell on reading waves, burning out and finding a new role in surfing
Lucy Campbell has eight national surfing titles to her name and years of competing on the international circuit. Not bad for someone who onc...
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A Life More Wild
Come on outside! A Life More Wild is a series of wild walks with fascinating people, transporting you to the great outdoors and helping you connect with nature through their unique perspecti...
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Charlie Cooper on detecting Roman grots, sleeping on his sister’s floor and the truth about Big Mandy
Charlie Cooper shot to fame when he and his sister Daisy wrote and starred in the hit TV series This Country. While some might see the show...
The Sounds of Summer in the South Downs
This year, as well as walks with interesting guests, we’re doing something a little different on A Life More Wild. Working with our charity...
Matrescence author Lucy Jones on the deeply transformational nature of motherhood, the calm of a graveyard and what she learnt from studying slime moulds
We walk among the headstones of a cemetery with journalist and author of Matrescence, Lucy Jones, as she talks about the struggle to reconci...
Emily Chappell on winning the Transcontinental, crying with joy on the streets of Paris and learning how to enjoy non-extreme cycling
Emily Chappell went from being a bike messenger in London to winning the Transcontinental, a 4000km race across Europe, in 2016. But cycling...
Joycelyn Longdon on secret willow rooms and radical imagination
Joycelyn Longdon wears many hats. She works on conservation with communities in Ghana, she speaks and writes about environmental action and...
The Sounds of Spring in Eryri National Park
This year, as well as walks with interesting guests, we’re doing something a little different on A Life More Wild. Working with our charity...
Barney Murray on the wibbly tightness, brutal conditions and surprisingly young demographic of drystone walling
Barney Murray was in his late teens, studying art and hating it. He took a casual labouring job with a couple of guys who ran a drystone wal...
Jordan Stephens on fame, heartbreak, dogs and braving the weather
At the age of 20, Jordan Stephens achieved his dream - when Rizzle Kicks’ album Stereo Typical went platinum. He’d always loved music and ha...
Tim Key on maybe being a ghost and definitely being a pigeon, but not knowing why
Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival has always been the centre of Tim Key’s professional life. For over 20 years, he’s been bringing shows to the ci...
Quick Strolls: Challenging Nature
Welcome to Quick Strolls, shorter walks with the guests from A Life More Wild. In episode ten, we talk to three guests who have taken on inc...
Quick Strolls: Natural Design
Welcome to Quick Strolls, shorter walks with the guests from A Life More Wild. In episode nine, we examine how design and architecture have...
Luke Adam Hawker on etching under a poncho in the rain
Luke Adam Hawker, once a designer and architect, is now a full-time artist, whose work is a deeply emotive exploration of nature, our relati...
Quick Strolls: Coping with Loss
Welcome to Quick Strolls, shorter walks with the guests from A Life More Wild. In episode eight, we talk to guests who’ve leant on nature to...
Mark Diacono on grounding, growing and momentous soup
Mark Diacono has always grown, cooked and written about food. But despite a life lived in and around nature, he felt disconnected. A simple...
Quick Strolls: A Space for Everyone
Welcome to Quick Strolls, shorter walks with the guests from A Life More Wild. In episode seven, we look back on the responsibility that man...
Lia Leendertz on the joy of watching the seasons change
Lia Leendertz has revived the tradition of the almanac, charting nature for the coming year. As she walks through Ashton Court, in Bristol,...
Quick Strolls: Creativity in Nature
Welcome to Quick Strolls, shorter walks with the guests from A Life More Wild. In episode six, we meet a musician and two writers who use na...
Adrienne Adhami on navigating the perilous world of wellbeing
Adrienne Adhami was a trained dancer, with a keen understanding of physical fitness. But when a friend suffered a sudden illness, she began...
Quick Strolls: Small Adventures
Welcome to Quick Strolls, shorter walks with the guests from A Life More Wild. In episode five, we meet fearless adventurers and unstoppable...