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The Essay Episodes

    MetacomMayflower Portraits

    5/5 David J Silverman explores the motivations of resistance leader Metacom

    Susanna White-WinslowMayflower Portraits

    4/5 Rebecca Fraser’s portrait of Susanna White-Whitlow, Mayflower passenger

    John AldenMayflower Portraits

    3/5 Michael Goldfarb on crew member turned colonist John Alden.

    SquantoMayflower Portraits

    2/5 Margaret Verble considers the role of Squanto in the Mayflower myth.

    400 years onMayflower Portraits

    1/5 Nick Bryant reflectis on what the Mayflower 400th anniversary means to Americans in 2020.

    The Spring RevivalA Birdsong Garden

    5/5 Gas guns to peewits to witnessing the intimate song of the blackbird like never before.

    The Winter FlockA Birdsong Garden

    4/5 Escape amongst the haunting sounds of the owls on a cold winter’s night.

    Autumn PassageA Birdsong Garden

    3/5 Chiffchaff’s first words, and the swallows come... and go.

    Summer in the ValeA Birdsong Garden

    2/5 The nightingales stand silent as a solar eclipse sweeps through the Vale of Whittingham.

    The Great ChorusA Birdsong Garden

    1/5 Redstarts and warblers are the stars in the dawn chorus of May.

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