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Martha Kearney

@Marthakearney

4 years

Very proud to be part of this

BBC Radio 4 Today

@BBCr4today

4 years

Today's #comfortandhope poem is from @Marthakearney . It was recited at her wedding by her late father; "the beauty" of Yeats' "descriptions really show how we can find solace in nature, more so at a time of adversity". 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' by William Butler Yeats.

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This is from a friend of mine in Edinburgh: “Looking for either Alice or Norman who got married 5.8.61. May be from Edinburgh or Inveresk. I found a wedding ring in huge plant pot when repotting plant. I would like the ring was returned to the owner.” Let me know if you can help

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This is the most inspiring interview I’ve ever done.

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."I promised myself in hospital that if I make it, I will be the happiest man on earth. That is my victory." 100-year-old Auschwitz survivor Eddie Jaku tells @Marthakearney about his message of hope and why hatred is so dangerous.

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Just to clear this up for some #r4today listeners it’s World Bee Day... not World Bidet.

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The 🐝🐝🐝 have been counting and it looks like we have raised nearly £90,000 for ⁦ @BeesForDev ⁩ Many thanks to the Queen @RoyalFamily (our President) for spending so much time at the party. Let’s round it up to £100,000 via ⁦

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This is such sad news about our lovely friend Bill Turnbull - a terrific journalist and very funny, warm man. He introduced me to the charity he loved @BeesForDev and worked tirelessly for.

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Some personal news….

BBC News Press Team

@BBCNewsPR

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Martha Kearney to step down from @BBCr4today after election to front new Radio 4 programmes Read more ➡️

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Thank you for understanding the essence of impartial broadcasting

Feargal Sharkey

@Feargal_Sharkey

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@shefflenk @BBCr4today @Marthakearney Martha was simply doing her job, I've no doubt were it a Gov minister or board member or senior executive from @Ofwat or @EnvAgency , should any of them ever agree to be interviewed, she would challenge them in just the same way. A very good journalist doing a very good job.

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The view from our broadcast point this morning #Antarctica ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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My tribute in cake to 32 years ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩ #HumphrysLastDay

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It can be odd sometimes working for the BBC. On my way to get toast.

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Anyone else find hardware shops really alluring?

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Retiring at… 103! We will miss June Spencer as Peggy in ⁦ @BBCTheArchers ⁩ I really enjoyed meeting her for her 100th birthday #R4Today

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About to broadcast live from Antarctica as start of special series on climate change @BBCr4today @BAS_News

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Breakfasts won’t be the same and nor will the studio #HumphrysLastDay ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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Great to talk to @Baddiel after the match. He’s on #r4today at 709

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I’m in Stoke on Trent looking at levelling up. This beacon was “unlevelled” by a truck as we were recording #BBCR4Today

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And just because you can’t have too many goldfinches.... more from #lostspells @JackieMorrisArt @RobGMacfarlane

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Can anyone lend me one of these? @BBCr4today

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Female BBC stars' letter to Tony hall demanding equal pay in full #bbcwomen

Female BBC stars' letter to Tony hall demanding equal pay in full

Dear Tony,

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Robust debate Antarctica style

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Interesting initiative by ⁦ @EastSuffolk ⁩ council “40 areas across East Suffolk are now being managed as 'wild spaces' where grass will be left to grow longer and wildflowers will be planted to help wildlife to thrive” #bees

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Is it “probly”… “expresso”…. or “pacifically”? Which mispronunciations irritate you most? (I’m standing well back) #r4today

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Good morning from College Green on Brexit D Day ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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A Christmas tree in my home studio #R4Today #bees

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My commute...

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Spoonbills with their new born “teaspoons” #R4Today Thanks ⁦ @jake_fiennes ⁩

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Magawa the mine-detecting rat wins PDSA Gold Medal - as discussed on #R4Today

Magawa the mine-detecting rat wins PDSA Gold Medal

Magawa the African giant pouched rat has won a PDSA Gold Medal for his work detecting landmines.

www.bbc.com

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Not sure if everyone here is engaging with my reports from #Antarctica ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩ ⁦ @BAS_News ⁩

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The things I do for Today … plunging into a chilly pond to interview ⁦ @patrick_barkham ⁩. In the footsteps of Roger Deakin, father of wild swimming.

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Just been sent this #bees

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As our listening figures often attract attention, it is worth noting that Today has gained 371,000 to a weekly audience of 7.16 million people #r4today #RAJAR

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They are the true voice of calm while lines collapse all around. We have started giving SMs a credit at the end of the programme #R4Today

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Not often celebrated, but should be for skill and resolve and imaginative solutions to the lockdown: BBC Radio Studio Managers, whose extraordinary successes go unnoticed because you wouldn’t know anything was unusual #EssentialWorkers

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Our studio manager Simon Horan on his last shift after 40 years... a lovely calm presence through the glass ⁦ @JustinOnWeb ⁩ ⁦ @robwatsonbbc ⁩

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You will need more than one alarm…. congratulations!

Emma Barnett

@Emmabarnett

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Here we go @BBCr4today *sets alarm clock* ⏰ Farewell to my beloved @BBCWomansHour A few more words from me below via the link ⬇️

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Just listening to ⁦ @MichaelRosenYes ⁩ on #R4Today talking about his experience of Long Covid. Here’s his very moving book

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In case you’ve just woken up and wonder why you’re listening to ABBA…our guest editor is Bjorn Ulvaeus #R4today

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Norman will be hugely missed. Great judgement and wit... and a very generous colleague.

norman smith

@Thehackandhound

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Folks…that's it from me. Thanks for putting up with me over the years. Its been an absolute privilege . I’m off now for some longer, much longer dog walks…...

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Broadcasting in #Antarctica ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩ ⁦ @BAS_News ⁩

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👋👋👋 to our lovely colleague

The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV)

@vlvuk

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Huge congratulations to the amazing @MishalHusain @BBCr4today @BBCNews on winning the VLV Award for Best Individual Contributor to Audio #publicservicebroadcasting

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We are 760 miles from the North Pole to report on climate change, broadcasting live from the Arctic, at Ny Alesund research station @BAS_News @Arctic_Office @BBCr4today

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From the air as we left #Antartica

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Taken at 4am today

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The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. We look at the government’s plan to change that in England with @WildlifeTrusts and @TonyJuniper at 0810 #r4today

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Well worth the quick dash out of our studio this morning to catch ⁦ @SamRyderMusic ⁩ #R4Today

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All the presenters say goodbye to John. Judging by the halo, ⁦ @JustinOnWeb ⁩ is the Chosen One (photo by ⁦ @JeffOvers ⁩) ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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Sunrise in #Antarctica 02.12am (sunset not till after midnight) ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩ @BAS_news

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I’m in Borsetshire… with Ruairi and Julianne. #archers #r4Today

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Brace... brace @corrie_corfield is about to read her last 1800. The end of times.

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We are in Belfast today ahead of ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ visit to mark #GFA25 #bbcR4Today

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The boy who thought he would never have friends....on finding success as a nature writer. ⁦ @DaraMcAnulty ⁩ is on #NatureNotes #R4Today around 0820.

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Hey guys - would you mind keeping it down a bit? I’m going to bed #Happy2019

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Moving and funny tribute by ⁦ @lewis_damian ⁩ Lewis on his wife Helen McCrory: ‘I’ve never known anyone able to enjoy life as much’

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Wonderful to celebrate with the TWO winners of ⁦ @TheBookerPrizes ⁩ - ⁦ @MargaretAtwood ⁩ and ⁦ @BernardineEvari ⁩ ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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The lovely Swallowtail ⁦ @patrick_barkham ⁩ and I found in the Norfolk Broads ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩ #NatureNotes

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Hey #thearchers fans. I am on my way to interview Peggy (June Spencer is turning 100) What would you like to know?

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well I’ve never had a studio like this before.... it’s for our special programme @kewgardens @BBCr4today

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Sunrise over Reptile Ridge - 0212am

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"We need to see nature as valuable in its own right...not just the little bits that we pick out for our own solace." Nature writer Richard Mabey coming up 430pm on #Reignite ⁦ @BBCRadio4 ⁩ @bbcsounds

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Bjorn Ulvaeus our guest editor is already hard at work - with ⁦ @lewis_louisa ⁩ in the cubicle #R4Today #ABBA

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Good morning from #Antarctica

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The Lost Spells - the new book by ⁦ @JackieMorrisArt ⁩ and ⁦ @RobGMacfarlane ⁩ coming up #R4Today

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The Swedish ambassador fully kitted up for his fixture with England fan Arthur Smith on @BBCr4today

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About to make Baingan Aloo.... a recipe from ⁦ @sima_kotecha mum. I’ve also copied her spice tin. Smells amazing. First ever recipe with asafoetida.

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And here is Esme the Wild Child with the grass snake she found (0820 on #r4today ) @patrick_barkham @BBCSounds

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About to start broadcasting from inside a military base in Kabul in Afghanistan ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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With baton beater Sir Lenny Henry #R4Today

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Coming up - why we should learn to love insects with ⁦ @DaveGoulson ⁩ recorded ⁦ @KneppSafaris ⁩ (and a beautiful comma to get you in the mood) #R4Today

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The map room from D Day at Southwick House #DDay75 ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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A very Happy 80th Birthday to Richard Mabey, author of Food For Free, Flora Britannica, Nature Cure and so many more #MabeyMonth

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About to talk to ⁦ @RoryStewartUK ⁩ in our glamorous tent ⁦ @BBCr4today ⁩

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About to interview two women being awarded OBEs - @NimkoAli for her work against FGM and @CushJumbo the actor (Good Fight & Julius Caesar) #honourslist

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As well as the butterflies & bees, ⁦ @DaveGoulson ⁩ and I saw the famous storks too at Knepp #R4Today

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Today for #wato50 @Arsenal Arsene Wenger talks about success of @premierleague & how to help young players http://t.co/PQNEhM5mvR

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And here are Walter Gabriel’s ginger nuts. More celebrations of #TheArchers70 in The Bull pub quiz tonight at 7.15pm with ⁦ @janegarvey1 ⁩ (former Woman’s Hour presenter) and #bbcradio4 Senior Announcer ⁦ @chinaysa ⁩

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Congratulations to Newsnight the winners of The Ultimate News Quiz I #UNQ with brilliant host ⁦ @GaryLineker ⁩ Record sum raised £271,000 for ⁦ @actnforchildren ⁩

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The beauty of cranes (not those ones) at 0820 with @themarshtit from @NorfolkWT #r4today #naturenotes

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Anyone else finding that Spellcheck is changing Tier 4 to tearful?

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Because of our technical issues on Saturday, another chance to hear Isabel Shaw, Holocaust survivor and my mother in law. Around ten to nine #R4Today

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Good morning. If anyone finds our pips, can they please return them to #R4Today ?

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Morning. What non essential things have you been buying since those shops reopened (in England)? My impulse buy for my home “studio” #R4today

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⁦ @ChrisMasonBBC ⁩ just setting my alarm... enjoy your lie in 😃

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Ah - not weeding has paid off - a small tortoiseshell ⁦ @savebutterflies ⁩

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Cheer yourself up with this

Robert Macfarlane

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Kilchoan Primary School in the West Highlands only has 12 pupils. Two weeks ago the whole school took up my challenge to learn by heart the 'Jackdaw Spell' from The Lost Spells. Here's what happened. It's made my week to watch it. Children of Kilchoan, you rock!

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Finally I get the studio I deserve…. Good morning from Norwich

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Here we are ⁦ @TitanicBelfast ⁩ #R4Today

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Good morning

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This is really moving

BBC Radio 4 Today

@BBCr4today

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In this edition of #comfortandhope , @BBCkatyaadler and her daughter Sofia read 'The Stolen Orange’ by Brian Patten. It is a poem which reminds Katya of her late father, and of the simple things we can find around us to give us comfort. #R4Today

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And a nightingale sang in… ok a blackbird sang at Waterloo. 0350am

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From Alice Thomson and her daughter Morag: “I would like to ask if you could pass on our very grateful thanks to all those on Twitter who responded to your tweet and especially to those who turned detective and dug up vital clues.”

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What a wonderful, heart warming story by @Marthakearney @BBCr4today right now about tracking down the owner of a wedding ring from 1961 found in a garden in Edinburgh - when social media is a force for good

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So richly deserved by @KirstyWark - wonderful presenter. And great friend xxx

Royal Television Society

@RTS_media

2 months

Our final award of the night goes to @KirstyWark for her Outstanding Contribution to broadcast journalism. “On screen she is unflappable, asks penetrating and tough questions when necessary and acts with empathy and compassion when needed,” said the jury. #RTSAwards

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Did I just hear the newsroom made @neilsleat say “an unlikely fakery fandango” on his last ever 1800 bulletin?

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Mark’s last #WATO today - so sad that he’s leaving the BBC. A fantastic journalist whom I’ve known since we worked @LBC together

Mark Mardell

@MarkIMardell

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My last #wato tomorrow & #TW2 on Sunday – I’m leaving the BBC after more than 30 years. V sad to leave hugely talented and lovely team. Excited to forge a new future.

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No spoilers...but we are in Belfast this morning #R4Today

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Unique interview today with both @JustinWelby and Mark Carney @bankofengland on Dethroning Mammon @BBCWorldatOne

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Coming up Daniel Craig talks to me about on set egos, what he misses about the UK and how he plotted the death of Bond. Plus his latest detective film #TheGlassOnion #R4Today