Kate Humble Audiobooks

Walking, wildlife and the slower life: Thinking on My Feet and A Year of Living Simply

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Who is Kate Humble?

Kate Humble, born in 1968, is a British television presenter and narrator, best known for wildlife and science programmes, mainly for the BBC. Her environmental commitments run deeper than presenting: she served as president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds from 2009 to 2013, and she is an ambassador for Living Streets, the UK walking charity.

That CV sketches a consistent character – someone whose working life has been spent outdoors, explaining the natural world to a mainstream audience, and whose enthusiasms for birds, wildlife and walking are commitments rather than costume. It is a rarer combination than television tends to produce.

Kate Humble in audiobooks

Humble’s audiobooks sit naturally beside that career. Thinking on My Feet comes from a woman who champions walking seriously enough to represent a charity for it, and A Year of Living Simply extends the same instinct – a conviction that the good life is slower, plainer and mostly outdoors. As a presenter and narrator by profession, she understands the spoken form from the inside, and these are books with an unhurried, companionable register that suits being walked with. For UK listeners after calm, practical company rather than preachy lifestyle advice, Humble is a safe pair of hands – the enthusiasm is genuine, and it wears no costume.