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The Essay

The Scientist and the Romantic

Episode 3: The Stinkhorn and the Perfumier

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Nature writer Richard Mabey discusses connections between scent and memory and how we're informed of our love affairs and hey-days by the scents carried on the wind. Show more

The Essay

The Scientist and the Romantic

Episode 4: The Songbird and the Sol-Fa

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Nature writer Richard Mabey considers how poets, ornithologists and composers have attempted to analyse and understand why birds sing. Show more

The Essay

The Scientist and the Romantic

Episode 1: The Greenhouse and the Field

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Nature writer Richard Mabey talks about his first laboratory - his father's greenhouse in his garden. It led him on a path which was to inform the rest of his life exploring nature. Show more