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Open Country: Northamptonshire Inspiration

Northamptonshire Inspiration

03/05/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Northamptonshire Inspiration

Richard Uridge discovers the Northamptonshire countryside around Rockingham Forest.

Richard Uridge is in the Northamptonshire countryside to discover the inspirational landscape of Rockingham Forest.

Richard Uridge is in Northamptonshire to discover the inspirational landscape around Rockingham Forest.He meets musician, Nick Penny, who explains to Richard how he records the nightingales that frequently return to Glapthorn Cow Pasture and works with these sounds and other birdsong to create sound diaries of the landscape.His friend and collaborator David Garrett, takes inspiration from the Northamptonshire countryside for his poetry which began with 'Rose of the Shires, a tribute to the county he loves. And artist, Claire Morris Wright, takes Richard for a walk in the forest behind her house in the hamlet of Laxton and explains how important the feelings and textures of the landscape are to her in her work, whether in prints or clay. 

Presenter: Richard Uridge
Producer: Helen Chetwynd.

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