The Red Notebook

I caught the following while I was demolishing my kitchen this afternoon:

BBC Radio 4: GreatLives – Alfred Russel Wallace

The man who almost scooped Darwin. Redmond O’Hanlon chooses naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace as his Great Life. When you compare their jungle adventures, there’s a similarity between the two. Dr Sandy Knapp adds to the general enthusiasm for beetles, butterflies and bugs, and Matthew Parris presents.

Duration, 28mins. The programme is available on the mp3 file for one week only [apologies for the previous broken link].

• Books: Alfred Russel Wallace: a Life by Peter Raby
• Gruts Books: Trawler by Redmond O’Hanlon