This Is A Token // Episode Fourteen - Martha Kearney

Award winning Political Journalist and Radio 4 broadcaster, with her 'Today Programme' Alex's favourite thing to listen to - the bright and bee-rilliant Martha Kearney joins Alex for a chat about her most treasured pieces of jewellery! From an epic charm bracelet from a Varinasi market documenting a year of travelling in her thirties, to a pair of striking Minoan Bee Earrings celebrating a blended passion for pollinators and antiquity!

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Listen in, as old friends and fellow bee enthusiasts Alex and Martha have a lively discussion about a host of fascinating things - from her experiences in Afghanistan and the Middle East as a BBC journalist, to her Northern Irish Great Grandfather’s lemonade fortune, and how journalism acts as a licence for the curious to get to know people’s stories and share them with others!

Illustration by Connie Bella Monroe
Edited by Emily Sandford
Music by Daniel Patrick Cohen

Please note, that this podcast was recorded during one of the less strict periods of the coronavirus pandemic, with all the necessary safety measures in place.

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This Is A Token // Episode Fourteen - Martha Kearney

Illustration by Connie Bella MonroeEdited by Emily SandfordMusic by Daniel Patrick Cohen

Please note, that this podcast was recorded during one of the less strict periods of the coronavirus pandemic, with all the necessary safety measures in place.

The Journal

Illustration by Connie Bella Monroe
Edited by Emily Sandford
Music by Daniel Patrick Cohen