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Radio 4,25 May 2025,1 min

Michael Malay on the Blue Tit

Tweet of the Day

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Blue tits are among some of our most common garden visitors, often flocking with other birds of the tit family on the hunt for food. Author and academic Michael Malay tells the story of how these small but colourful birds, with their blue, white and yellow plumage, bring with them the joy of spring. Delving into the letters of the revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg, which she wrote to her friends from prison in 1917, Michael reads about the happiness Rosa found in a blue tit’s call. He feels a connection with Rosa’s words of joy as he himself experiences a poignant moment on a Spring evening, hearing a blue tit singing at a friend’s allotment. Presented by Michael Malay and produced by Jo Peacey. Tweet of the Day is a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Bristol production. Rosa Luxemburg's letters published by Young Communist International in the book "Letters from Prison" by Rosa Luxemburg, translated by Eden and Cedar Paul.

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