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President of CPRE

New President of CPRE, the Countryside Charity! I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve just been elected…

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Apr12023
EventsNews Mary-Ann performing to an audience around a glowing open fire inside a thatched hut

Upcoming live storytelling show at Butser Ancient Farm

Tickets now on sale for live archaeology storytelling, Friday 26th May, at Butser Ancient Farm in…

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Jan12023
AdventuresCorporateNews Mary-Ann wears a blue and orange raincoat and smiles at the camera. behind her there's a path that tracks to the horizon. the weather looks wet

Ambassador for the Ridgeway National Trail!

I’m proud to announce I’m the Ridgeway Trail’s Anniversary Patron!

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Feb202021
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Archaeology – the human story

Those Who Came Before Us: An archaeologist’s adventure through Jordan.

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Jan262021
TVVideos an aerial shot of a snow-clad Helvellyn in the Lake District. with the BBC Four icon

Spot me in Life of a Mountain: Helvellyn on BBC4

‘Life of a Mountain: Helvellyn’ – featuring all those who live, work, care for and play…

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Mary-Ann Ochota

Award-winning Writer and TV Presenter specialising in anthropology, archaeology, history and science communication. Working to make the outdoors more accessible, equitable & sustainable.

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Signed Books
  • cover of the book The English Path. it is illustrated with a painting of a curving track through fields. It shows the author's name Kim Taplin and says Introduced by Mary-Ann Ochota The English Path £14.00
  • front cover artwork of book showing the title, Secret Britain on a green landscape with archaeological features like standing stones Signed copy of Secret Britain £19.99
  • Hidden-Histories Signed copy of Hidden Histories £19.99
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We met an @rnli fundraiser the other day. They got We met an @rnli fundraiser the other day. They got my kids to practice making a star shape and remembering that if they fall in water or are in deep water and can't get back to shore, they should Float to Live. 
Turns out the duplo pirates agree:

Arms out
On your back
Ears in the water
Don't try and swim, just float

#floattolive

Make it a game w your kids to practise and build muscle memory. and let's save lives this summer

@rnli
Tomorrow night! A free webinar hosted by @cpre exp Tomorrow night! A free webinar hosted by @cpre exploring the facts, friction and action we need on Climate Change.
Join me and Jim Skea, the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN group that assess climate science, impacts, potential action and options for adaptation. Its gonna be golden. Join us. Its free. 6.30 - 8pm, online.
Tonight! Excited! We start at 7pm @BristolBeacon @ Tonight! Excited! We start at 7pm @BristolBeacon @BristolYouthOrchestra @cpre Avon & Bristol
Playing with this idea today: What would we do dif Playing with this idea today: What would we do differently, in social justice, in environmental restoration, in geopolitics, if we knew we were going to succeed? That we *will* create a safe, healthy, sustainable world future? That we could not fail? How would it change what we do *now*? 

Thanks to poet Harriet Fraser @somewhere_now.here for the provocation. This line is part of a longer poem, written over the course of a year. Her artist collective The PLACE Collective are working across land, justice, culture, art, future, farming
Join us online or in London tonight @anjanakhatwa Join us online or in London tonight
@anjanakhatwa at the @rgs_ibg talking #WhispersofRock
Indigenous wisdom, geology, deep time, sustainable resources...
If you're a member, join us! If you want to listen and aren't yet a member of the Royal Geographical Society, then heck, nows the time to join! 😁🌍🗿🏔🌄
Lots of thoughts about how ideas about future gene Lots of thoughts about how ideas about future generations, longer timescale 'best interests' of a company/shareholder/nation can feed into better, more joined up work to help nature and people
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Just back from @bbcsundaymorninglive with @hollyha Just back from @bbcsundaymorninglive with @hollyhamiltontv and @seanfletchertv discussing the work National Landscapes are doing to make these beautiful landscapes greener, wilder and MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL and the work @cpre are doing to champion rural places. We all need them to thrive. And the clue is in their name - **National** landscapes - for the Nation. All of us.
Tune in to @bbc1 #SundayMorningLive this morning t Tune in to @bbc1 #SundayMorningLive this morning to hear me discuss access and inclusion in the countryside, the work @cpre are doing & why our amazing National Parks, Landscapes and Trails belong to everyone. 
Show starts at 10.30, we're on about 11am
If you're feeling a bit racist, kindly don't slide If you're feeling a bit racist, kindly don't slide into my DMs.
Older than the Egyptian pyramids! Watch Ancient Wa Older than the Egyptian pyramids! Watch Ancient Ways: The Ridgeway on @historyhit now 📺
Ancient Ways: The Ridgeway lands on @historyhit to Ancient Ways: The Ridgeway lands on @historyhit today! You have to be a subscriber - it’s £7.99/$7.99 a month/£59.99/$59.99 for the year and you can cancel any time.
And then you can Watch. At. Will.

In Ancient Ways I walk the section of the Ridgeway, an ancient chalkland trail from the incredible Uffington White Horse hillfigure to the vast Superhenge at Avebury 🗿🌤🚶🏽‍♀️🌿💚
British archaeology and ancient history at its finest!
I've been putting together content for a new websi I've been putting together content for a new website and cut this little highlights reel of some of my TV and documentary work over the last few years. 
It gave me such a thrill to revisit some of amazing places and people - and stories - I've had the privilege of spending time with. New website is being cooked, and keep eyes peeled on @historyhit cos I've got a new series streaming soon! 
#archaeology #anthropology #history #landscape #adventure
Wanna get your kitchen knives and pan lids and han Wanna get your kitchen knives and pan lids and handles repaired? A man called Jon is your man: https://wood-be-nice.co.uk/pap_knives.html
Buy the best you can afford, then repair, reuse. Eek things out as long as you can. Only buy new cos you really, really need to. Consume-and-discard needs to do one. Status-because-you-own-things can get in the bin.
Homemade, second hand, borrow. New is the last resort.
The partnership between England’s National Parks, The partnership between England’s National Parks, National Landscapes, National Trails and Natural England is hugely important - together they represent 25% of England’s land surface! So if we can get these landscapes delivering for wildlife, climate and communities then we’re on to a winner. Some people think of them as sleepy bits of unchanging countryside, or preserved in aspic. It’s far from the case - they’re hotbeds of conservation innovation, financing creativity, thriving businesses and diverse and welcoming communities. There’s more to be done, and I can’t wait to get started! Don’t worry, i’m still doing the broadcasting, books and my other nature/people/archaeology work. Just this as well :D
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