Philip Hoare, a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University, was invited by the BBC Radio 3 to give a talk on his favourite spring walk for their long-running series ‘The Essay’. The programme, which was broadcast this week, describes a walk from Sholing?which takes in 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Water and Netley’s ruined Abbey.

Philip’s work has often drawn on the particular qualities of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载’s landscapes, from his exploration of the ocean in ‘The Sea Inside’ (2013) to his recovering of hidden local history in ‘Spike Island: The Memoir of A Military Hospital’ (2001).

The programme is available to listen to on BBC iplayer from the following address:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03zdbns/The_Essay_Springwalks_Philip_Hoare_in_Sholing/