Hello Believers.
It's a special edition of the show speaking to journalist, writer, poet, musician, entomologist and northern powerhouse, Gary Hartley.
Gary studied journalism at the University of Sheffield before embarking on creative endeavours as a performance poet under the name Gary from Leeds, performing across the UK with shows such as Yet-I and Gary-baldi. He ran the literary magazine The Alarmist for many years before uprooting to Greece and then taking a left turn to study a masters in entomology which he talks about in the chat. He now writes as a journalist covering the natural world for outlets such as The Observer and New Scientist.
Gary talks about returning to journalism, chipping away at the coalface of the spoken word circuit, why we need to love our six legged neighbours, his international outlook, northernisms and we also get time to talk about the first X Files film Fight the Future.
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