
Nicola Wilding
Writer and TV producer, author of the debut memoir "These Wild English: A Family, a Class, a Country on Fire."
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Aug 19, 2026
Nicola Wilding - These Wild English ...with TRE's Giles Brown
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Giles BrownHOST
For those who don't understand me, for those who don't know, just explain a little bit about yourself and why you had the chispa, the spark to write this particular book.

Nicola WildingGUEST
Around about the same time, my little brother ended up in prison for armed robbery.

Nicola WildingGUEST
And I was, I think, making a documentary about the Queen, thinking to myself, how on earth did we get here as a family? How did my mum, who is this strong, independent woman, brought up four kids pretty much alone, spent 40 years as a carer, how did she end up marching alongside what people would call term far-right extremists chanting no more refugees.

Giles BrownHOST
So you go from, you know, and your family history goes from that, you know, the effect that politics has and how certain families become, or all families become sort of skewed, if you like, Nicola.
Working-Class Lives: Identity and Political Fractures
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Nicola WildingGUEST
Okay, so my Nana and Grandad worked a farm called Ashill Farm and it was in the Eden Valley, which is in Cumbria.

Nicola WildingGUEST
And it's enclosed by the Pennines on the east and the Lake District fells on the west and we've got the Orton Hills to the south.

Nicola WildingGUEST
So it was very much a rural valley and it had been agricultural for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Adam RutherfordHOST
So when your mum buys her own house off the council, and it's a turning point for so many people, but really significantly in your story.