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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, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 5 Live, 28/04/2025; Tiger Crisis: Update, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Two, 08/01/1997; Wild: The Natural World – The Tigers' Fortress, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Two, 29/10/2000; Wild: Search for Tigers, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Two, 19/10/2003; My Tiger Family, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Two, 12/08/2024; Life in a Children's Hospice, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Scotland, 20/02/2006; Reporting Scotland, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ One Scotland, 05/12/1994; Reporting Scotland, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ One Scotland, 11/03/1996

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