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Simon Barnes

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Simon Barnes

  • Simon Barnes
    ‘I’m a strolling, lounging death trap’: my week as a flat-headed cat

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Tue, 2 Jun 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    England’s Inner Ring could end up being their downfall

    The novelty and shock factor of Bazball has long since disappeared, writes Simon Barnes

    Sat, 30 May 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a swallow

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Thu, 28 May 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a Grote’s bertholdia moth

    Each week, read what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Sun, 24 May 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a common pipistrelle

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Sun, 17 May 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a foureye butterflyfish

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Wed, 6 May 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    One hundred years of Attenborough, the man who taught me what love is

    I was a schoolboy when I saw 1961’s Zoo Quest to Madagascar. Its lessons haunted me – and changed my life for ever

    Sun, 3 May 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a bar-headed goose

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Sun, 3 May 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a grass snake

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a giant panda

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Wed, 15 Apr 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    ‘We can live on the gum in a book of stamps’: my week as an oriental cockroach

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Sat, 11 Apr 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a brown hare

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Sat, 4 Apr 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    The return of the ‘birds of heaven’

    Cranes have made a remarkable recovery on these shores after being extinct as a breeding species for 400 years

    Sun, 29 Mar 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a Venus’s flower basket

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Wed, 25 Mar 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a Chinese pangolin

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a red kangaroo

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Thu, 12 Mar 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a marsh harrier

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Mon, 2 Mar 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as an orchid mantis

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a whitetip reef shark

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026

  • Simon Barnes
    My week as a marine iguana

    Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026

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