Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom
Simon Barnes: my week as a tsetse fly
‘Life as a creative genius is no bed of roses’ – my week as a nightingale
Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom
‘I’m considering landing this year’ – my week as a swift
Each week, Simon Barnes describes what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom
Unique and inimitable – my week as an aardvark
Humans? Only in an emergency – my week as a vampire bat
‘Wait for the sun. Hope to survive’: my week as an Orange-tip butterfly
Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven-days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom
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