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Radio 4,7 mins

From golden spider silk to a gold ring

Natural Histories

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Artist Eleanor Morgan describes her quest to collect golden silk to continue an old tradition. She is a spider enthusiast who has serenaded a spider and author of the illustrated book Gossamer Days: Spiders, Humans and Their Threads

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