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Gillian Clarke on the Red Kite

Welsh poet and playwright Gillian Clarke first saw a red kite in the Welsh mountains as a child, a bird which now has expanded east and now Gillian regularly sees them sky-dancing over Reading while she travels to London on the train.

Producer : Andrew Dawes

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Wed 28 Jun 2023 05:58
BBC Radio 4

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