Greenpeace Captain: Bizarre Wanderings on the Rainbow Warrior by Peter Willcox is published by Sandstone Press.

In his new book he writes about his adventures confronting naval ships, being bombed by the French secret service and serving time in a Russian jail for protesting against Russian oil drilling in Antarctica. Captain Willcox estimates he's sailed over 300,000 miles in virtually every corner of the globe. An activist for most of his life, at 12 he marched from Selma to Montgomery behind Martin Luther King Jr. Peter Willcox has been a Captain with Greenpeace for over 30 years, making him the most experienced captain in the organization. Hashtag Lighty is at the Arcola Theatre, London Legendary Children in the House of Fierce is at the Old Vic Workrooms, London and Summer in London is at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. Born in Bermondsey, he wrote the screenplay for the award-winning film Stonewall and he wrote, directed and performed in the Channel 4 series Metrosexuality. Other projects include writing and directing Legendary Children in the House of Fierce and Summer in London which features an entire cast of transgender actors. The artistic director of multi-media production company Team Angelica, he is directing Hashtag Lighty which opens at the Arcola Theatre. Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE is a playwright, actor, producer and choreographer. Illegal hunting, newly erected power lines and loss of wetlands all play a part in the swan's dramatic decline in numbers which have almost halved over the last 20 years. She made her trip to highlight the problems facing the endangered Bewick's swan population. She's the first woman to cross the English Channel in a motorised paraglider during a 4,500-mile journey following migrating birds from the Russian tundra to Britain. Presenter and producer Richard Osman campaigner Peter Willcox playwright and actor Rikki Beadle-Blair and conservationist Sacha Dench join Libby Purves.

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