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LNL Summer: The UK's poet laureate, and the return of the night parrot

LNL Summer: The UK's poet laureate, and the return of the night parrot

Update: 2024-12-31
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UK poet laureate Simon Armitage reflects on his Yorkshire upbringing, writing great royal deaths and coronations, and his fear and love for nature. Plus, ornithologist Penny Olsen celebrates the historic detection of a population of rare night parrots, in WA's Great Sandy Desert. 

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LNL Summer: The UK's poet laureate, and the return of the night parrot

LNL Summer: The UK's poet laureate, and the return of the night parrot

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