Thursday 26 August at 9 pm: The British Whales, BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tgwlw
About Me
- Philip
- Philip Hoare is the author of six works of non-fiction, including biographies of Stephen Tennant (1990) and Noel Coward (1995), Wilde’s Last Stand: Decadence, Conspiracy, and the First World War (1997), Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital (2000), and England’s Lost Eden: Adventures in a Victorian Utopia (2005). His book, Leviathan or, The Whale, won the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. His latest book, The Sea Inside, is published by Fourth Estate. He presented the BBC 2 film The Hunt for Moby-Dick, and directed three films for BBC’s Whale Night in 2008. A visting fellow at the University of Southampton, he is currently artist-in-residence at the Marine Institute, Plymouth University, which recently awarded him an honourary doctorate. @philipwhale
Going to listen to this tonight!
ReplyDeleteNot sure how to contact you so hope you read this... Really enjoyed your book tho admit it was hard going at times and really quite depressing in places. I worked with whales in south africa so share your love.
wondered if you'd seen this:
https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=705&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=9qxn9cv4t1.app331a
do email me back if you have a second... pip.pippa@gmail.com
I'm half way through 'Leviathan' and I am completely absorbed and moved by it. I'm so glad you wrote it!
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