Valmik Thapar, Nancy Blaik, Norma Meras Swenson, Dr Stuart Farrimond
Kirsty Lang on conservationist Valmik Thapar, charity fundraiser Nancy Blaik, author Norma Meras Swenson and science communicator Dr Stuart Farrimond.
Kirsty Lang on
Wildlife conservationist Valmik Thapar who spent five decades trying to protect India’s tigers
Nancy Blaik, the driving force behind the creation of Scotland’s first children’s hospice
Norma Meras Swenson, the co-author of the influential book ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’
Doctor Stuart Farrimond who became a popular science writer after being diagnosed with a brain tumour
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Archive used:
Tony Livesey – Steffan Powell sitting in, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live, 28/04/2025; Tiger Crisis: Update, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two, 08/01/1997; Wild: The Natural World – The Tigers' Fortress, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two, 29/10/2000; Wild: Search for Tigers, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two, 19/10/2003; My Tiger Family, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two, 12/08/2024; Life in a Children's Hospice, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland, 20/02/2006; Reporting Scotland, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Scotland, 05/12/1994; Reporting Scotland, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Scotland, 11/03/1996
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