Wild, Beautiful London

There is only one place I can possibly direct everyone to today. I just watched Wild London, having gone out to the cinema last night. What I just saw was a real treat: I’ve now lived in London for sixteen years or so, and like most people tend to think of London as a concrete urban sprawl. What Sir David Attenborough does in this amazing program is reveal the wildlife of the metropolis to us: it’s always there, if you just look, in the gardens and parks and canals. We tend to associate Sir David with the far-flung wild corners of the world – the great oceans and deserts and mountains. But what I love about this program is that he brings the same sense of wonder and beauty home to our very doorstep. Above all, this documentary makes me more eager than ever to go out into this city and explore Wild London for myself.

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