The Natural Podcast of Selborne

Welcome to the Natural Podcast of Selborne created by Gilbert White's House & Gardens.
Here we take a deep dive into Gilbert White’s pioneering 1789 book 'The Natural History of Selborne', to learn more about the natural world, both in the 18th century and today. In this episode we look into the world of geology with Letter 4 of The Natural History of Selborne. We are joined by Dr. June Chatfield, who is an expert on natural history and Gilbert White who takes us through the different stones and soil in Selborne and its importance to wildlife. Visit our website: https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/Our Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/gilbertwhiteEdited by Sophia Perham whose position is supported with thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Welcome to the Natural Podcast of Selborne created by Gilbert White's House & Gardens. Here we take a deep dive into Gilbert White’s pioneering 1789 book 'The Natural History of Selborne', to learn more about the natural world, both in the 18th century and today. In today's episode we talk to Violet Nicholls about the world of Fossils. In Letter 3 of The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White describes the fossils he has found in Selborne, and the lengths he has gone to to understand them. We discuss what Gilbert understood about fossils and what he didn't, Plant Fossils and how easy it is to find and learn about fossils today. Visit our website: https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/Our Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/gilbertwhiteEdited by Sophia Perham whose position is supported with thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Welcome to the Natural Podcast of Selborne created by Gilbert White's House & Gardens. Here we take a deep dive into Gilbert White’s pioneering 1789 book 'The Natural History of Selborne', to learn more about the natural world, both in the 18th century and today. In this episode we welcome Chris Webb. Chris has spent most of his life looking out for and protecting the trees in Selborne, so who better to discuss Letter 2 (TP) with. In this letter Gilbert White discusses some of the most famous trees in the village and the surrounding area. We talk to Chris about changes to the landscape, how looking to the past can help us protect the woodlands for the future, and the surprising benefit of storm damage. Visit our website: https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/Our Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/gilbertwhiteEdited by Sophia Perham whose position is supported with thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Welcome to the Natural Podcast of Selborne created by Gilbert White's House & Gardens. Here we take a deep dive into Gilbert White's pioneering 1789 book 'The Natural History of Selborne', to learn more about the natural world, both in the 18th century and today. Today we are speaking to Museum Volunteer Chris Piper about Letter 1 (Thomas Pennant), in which Gilbert White describes the village of Selborne. Chris as well as helping the museum with its education, recording and biodiversity work also works with many other local groups, so who better to talk to, to get an idea of the natural world within Selborne today.

Please note at one point Chris refers to the Selborne Landscape Partnerships report as published in 2003, however he means 2023. Kimberley says there are 8 false letters, there are however 9!

Visit our website: https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/

Edited by Sophia Perham whose position is supported with thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Natural Podcast of Selborne will be a regular podcast  which dives into Gilbert White's The Natural History of Selborne letter by letter.
We will interview a guest each episode to discuss the natural world of Selborne and beyond and learn ways in which we can all ‘Be More Gilbert’.
We are so happy that our first guest is the incredible Jenny Uglow whose book A year with Gilbert White was published late last year.
Jenny has (of course) a real insight into what it is to be a writer, and we discuss how Gilbert White might have felt finishing his book back on New Year's Day 1788 and what attracted her to the subject of Gilbert White in her own writing.