Writer + broadcaster. Author of Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains & A Short Ride in the Jungle. Stories for @bbcradio4, @guardian @ftweekend @bbcworldservice etc
Black Mountains, Wales
Joined December 2010
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Protests starting up on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Ave, in front of Georgia's parliament building. Thousands here already for what promises to be a pivotal night in Georgian history.
Met US journalist @terrelljstarr outside Tbilisi's Parliament Buildings this morning. A week to go until Georgia's most important election in decades.
Six months ago I started a (free) monthly substack. My latest post, just published, is a story from the mountains of the Indo-Myanmar border; a border Modi now plans to build a 1021-mile fence along.
bit.ly/3MSPngg
In case you're still on the fence about who to vote for tomorrow....
#voteforchange
A few months ago I started a Substack newsletter - a place to write about the things I really want to write about. My latest post, out today, is a meditation on writing, and life. I hope you enjoy it. antoniabolingbrokekent.subst…
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75 of the over 36,000 Palestinians killed over the past 8 months in Israel's genocide of Gaza. Humanize them. Their lives were as intricate and important as yours.
Well, so much for a gentle morning's writing. Instead I've been fretting about this lone blackbird fledgling, digging up worms for it from the veg patch and patrolling our garden for unwanted cats. To love nature is to be constantly anxious about it
Thanks so much @joannalillis, and what a concidence you're in Aktau now. It's pretty eerie being there, and seeing quite how far the sea has receded.
Wonderful evocative report on the shrinking of the Caspian Sea by @AntsBK - I'm just listening from Aktau, after a walk along the shore where what were once beach cafes are now 100 metres from the sea #Kazakhstan bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001zg…
Superb reporting by @sommervilletv, about Myanmar, on @BBCRadio4's From Our Own Correspondent just now. My story about the Caspian Sea on in a few minutes.
In my shed, recording a story for this Saturday's episode of From Our Own Correspondent. Hopefully listeners won't be able to hear the male blackbird that likes to sing the Game of Thrones theme tune from a hazel tree outside my door.
@BBCRadio4 #Kazakhstan
Last month I travelled to Kazakhstan to find out why the Caspian Sea is shrinking at unprecedented speed. To hear the full story, have a listen to today's episode of Crossing Continents, The Caspian Crisis, on @BBCRadio4 at 9pm tonight.
@CarolineBayley
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zg5…
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Why is the Caspian Sea shrinking and what impact is it having in Western Kazakhstan? To find out listen to Assignment @bbcworldservice presented by @AntsBK Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent and produced by me. and on R4 Crossing Continents at 2100 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5m…
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Navalny's wife Yulia at the Munich security conference:
"If it's true, I want Putin, his entourage, Putin's friends and his government to know they will be held responsible for what they have done to our country, my family, and my husband. And that day will come very soon."
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Russians in Moscow are lining up to lay flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny at a memorial to Gulag victims outside the FSB headquarters.
Given the extent to which the Kremlin has suppressed all dissent since invading Ukraine, this is a not insignificant crowd.
This is wonderful, and gives such hope. I'd love to see more of this here in @BannauB. #rewilding
Lovely to be included in this list of best books about female solo travel. Thank you so much @TripFiction! And what esteemed company I'm in - Dervla Murphy, Isabella Bird, @LoisPryce, @CherylStrayed. Go ladies! x
10 of the best books for solo female travel
via @Journeywoman
journeywoman.com/travel-book…
"..a nod to the intrepid women adventurers in the past and the inspiration they give to the rest of us to get out there.."
Thank you @deborahlong - so glad you enjoyed it and thanks for posting x
I have just finished this fantastic book from @AntsBK: beautiful evocative writing about landscape & mountain people undergoing significant change thanks to #climatechange, dams & roads. Read it!
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Oh yes, @AntsBK and I are doing this again in 2024. Our wild writing weekend in the Black Mountains, inc. swimming in waterfalls and drinking rum round the fire. June 14-16. Come and join us.
All deets here: loispryce.com/teaching/writi…
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The #StopRosebank campaign is taking the UK government to court for approving the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field - and I've asked that the case be put forward in my name. Tell the Government that this case is also in your name: stopcambo.org.uk/p/courtcase…
Thank you for having me @RoyalScotGeoSoc and @DeborahlLong - loved my visit to Stirling. X
Fantastic @RoyalScotGeoSoc #InspiringPeople talk tonight from @AntsBK: the power of travel and exploration, meeting inspiring people living in extraordinary places. youtu.be/JZIRwZ2TVy8?si=gZI9…
