Fantastic Mr Fox
When you live in a city, it’s such a thrill to see a flash of something wild. We should thank our lucky stars we’ve got urban foxes. They’ve just as much right to be in London as sparrows.”
Newsreader Zeb Soanes, owner of one of the most recognisable voices in Britain and a warmly reassuring presence on BBC Radio 4, has left behind the worries of the world and is instead enthusing about the capital’s flame-furred, bushy-tailed residents. He is, after all, someone who can turn reading the shipping forecast into poetry.
We should thank our lucky stars we’ve got urban foxes. They’ve just as much right to be in London as sparrows.
We are talking in a cafe near Trafalgar Square, hidden down exactly the sort of side street a fox might nip along. With us is Professor Fiona Mathews, chair of the Mammal Society. Last summer, Zeb became the charity’s first patron, after meeting Fiona when she appeared on to discuss fox populations. The story of how the urbane broadcaster fell for the urban
