Kathryn Nicolai

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1,487 appearances 6 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 16 Sep

Kathryn Nicolai’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Which might be one of the loveliest feelings in the world.

To be greeted with pure joy?

I don't have any children, but I love getting to step in as an auntie.

to twirl them around in my arms and play and listen.

And I'd had other plans.

I'd been on my way back to my car to head home, but

Suddenly all of that fell away.

How could my plans be anything like as important as blowing bubbles?

So I plopped down on the blanket beside my friend, who handed me the plastic container and a slightly sticky wand.

I hadn't blown bubbles in decades.

Shame on me.

But they looked exactly the same.

As they had when I was a kid.

A red plastic jar.

A label with smiling faces and super duper bubbles written on it, and the yellow wand with its ridged loop and slightly too small handle.

I dipped it into the soapy mix and lifted it to my lips and blew gently till a stream of bubbles stretched out and broke away into the air.

I'd forgotten how they caught the light.

Each one like a prism, reflecting a rainbow of colours before bursting.

The kids chased them and watched the few that escaped their hands float up into the tree branches above us.

I hopped up and dunked the wand again, and holding it out at arm's length spun in a circle, leaving a trail of bubbles in the air.

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