Liz Berry on the Kingfisher

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Apr 26, 20261:37Science & Medicine

Poet Liz Berry has been sailing the Shropshire Union canal on a narrow boat since she was young. She describes the canal winding out of Wolverhampton into beautiful emerald green cuttings, where if you're lucky you might...

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