Sound Escape 51: Relax to the soft chatter of...

What's normally a gentle brook, winding through a peaceful woodland, has been transformed by many days of rain into a breathtaking torrent. You get your feet wet crossing the ford but the stream's exuberant song more than makes up for damp socks. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound ...  Show more

Did you know that the last battle fought on English soil occurred in the early years of Queen Victoria – out in the Kent countryside? Historical novelist Ian Breckon has unearthed the extraordinary tale of Mad Tom and his 'rising' in the late 1830s and what it tells us about rura ...  Show more

Our story tonight is called Thanksgiving at Weathervane Farm, and it's a story about coming together to celebrate on a cool day out in the country. It’s also about a busy kitchen crowded with friends, donkeys lined up along the split rail fence, music played in the open air, and ...  Show more

Miles might go blonde and Keith spearheaded Google Maps circa 2005. Also, we explore an eerie abandoned zoo in Griffith Park.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

The edge of the Grand Canyon. A remote mountaintop. A medieval cathedral. Some places are so mystical you feel like you're close to another dimension of space and time. There's a term for such locales: thin places. And: did you ever go tick-tacking a few nights before Halloween? ...  Show more

Dans quelles conditions vivent les animaux que nous consommons ? Des images à peine soutenables ont été capturées par l’association L214 dans un élevage porcin du Finistère. On y voit les conditions d’élevages atroces subies par des porcs destinés à se retrouver dans nos assie ...