Sarah Sands is a journalist and author. A former editor of the London Evening Standard, she was editor of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 from 2017 to September 2020. Her first book The Interior Silence was published to wide acclaim in 2021.
"""A beautiful, moving and very personal book but also one with an important core message around the need to protect our natural world."" * Douglas Gurr, director of the Natural History Museum * ""Through this eccentric and humorous celebration of the hedgehog, we also learn about the loss of nature and those we love. A very moving and entertaining read."" * Martha Kearney * ""This charming book weaves hedgehogs into our hearts, our lives and our national identity."" * John Witherow * ""The most poignant and heartwarming memoir of the year"" * Daily Express *"