Vicki Barker
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765 appearances
133 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 14 Sep
Vicki Barker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The sapling was planted by the ruins of Segedinum Roman Fort at the eastern end of the ancient fortification of Hadrian's Wall.
That's about 35 miles from the location of the original tree,
which stood about midway along the wall.
But it's where long-distance walkers, hiking all 73 miles of the trail, begin or end their journey, which the community group that campaigned for the sapling hopes will add extra meaning to their achievement.
Two men are serving four-year sentences for cutting down the iconic tree, an act which sparked international grief and outrage, and one for which they've never apologized.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
Annie Lister, nicknamed Gentleman Jack, wore masculine attire and wooed a series of women in her lifetime.
Seductions she described in coded diaries, which she hid behind a wooden panel in her Yorkshire home.
Choreographer Annabel Lopez Ochoa says it was a challenge training female ballerinas to dance like the masculine Annie.
You know, walk on your heels instead of walking on your toes.
take the space instead of always be worried that you're going to hit someone.
So that was really interesting for me as a choreographer, but also to guide the dancers.
After its world premiere in Leeds, the Northern Ballet production of Gentleman Jack will tour the UK.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
Despite losing all his royal titles and honors, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor remains eighth in line to the British throne and could theoretically be in line to become regent should both King Charles and Prince William die before William's children reach adulthood.
Defence Minister Luke Pollard told the BBC.
Pollard says any parliamentary action should wait until the police investigation into Andrew has concluded.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
The strong showings by the U.K.
's men and women's curling teams in Milan have quickened British interest in this slowest moving of Olympic sports.
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