Spider

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Brett Westwood blows away the cobwebs to reveal tales of spiders as objects of fear, merciless femmes fatales and tricksters too. Featuring interviews with the Natural History Museum's spider curator Jan Beccaloni, naturalist Rosemary Winnall, president of Buglife and writer Germaine Greer and tarantula keeper Gemma Wright. Original Producer: Tom Bonnett Archive Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio in Bristol Originally broadcast on 30th August 2016 in a longer form.