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Will Prime Minister Truss abandon Johnson’s Green Legacy
It’s a long time since I’ve written anything remotely long form – as opposed to the extremely short form of a tweet, occasionally extending to a thread, which might add up to 3000 characters, perhaps 300 words. This has been … Continue reading
Posted in Liz Truss, Uncategorized
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Book Review – Wild Fell by Lee Schofield
This review has been rather long in gestation. Lee originally sent me a copy in early February. I started reading it in March, then had to stop half way through. My Migraines (which I wrote about here) were returning as … Continue reading
Posted in books, Common Agricultural Policy, Lake District, rewilding, RSPB
Tagged book reviews, Lake District, rewilding, RSPB
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On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging
As I have mentioned recently, I’ve had a long standing health problem which has stopped me from doing much work, and even less writing. Reading became difficult to the point where I had to stop after about half an hour. … Continue reading
Posted in nature writing, road protests
Tagged Greenham Common, nature writing, newbury bypass
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Eat wilder meat for the climate
Meat is on the agenda at the Glasgow Climate Conference. Meat and its climate impact is now at the forefront of public debate about how we the people can do our bit to Stop Climate Chaos. Naturally everybody is claiming … Continue reading
Posted in climate action, climate change, COP26, grasslands, grazing, Green Alliance
Tagged diet, grazing open habitats
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Poetry for Climate Action at COP26
I’ve mentioned before about People Need Nature’s work with The Poetry Society’s Young Poets Network. We’ve been working together for five years now, getting poets to write challenges that inspire young poets (across the world) to write about different aspects … Continue reading
Out of Balance
It’s been a while since I wrote anything – and this time it isn’t writers block. On occasions it has felt like there were so many things to write about – political developments, pieces of interesting news, the continuing slow … Continue reading
Tory Party Conference: Ten Years On
Ten Years ago to the day I was, for the one and only time, at the Tory Party Conference. In fact this was the only party conference I’ve ever attended. I had applied for and won a bursary to cover … Continue reading
Guest Blog: Is Rebugging the Planet possible? by Vicki Hird
A guest blog today from Vicki Hird, whose new book Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More has just been published. My new book, Rebugging the … Continue reading
Posted in bugs, guest blogs, Uncategorized, Vicki Hird
Tagged bugs, farming, Guest Blog, Invertebrates, Vicki Hird
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National Meadows Day 2021
today’s National Meadows Day blog is over on the People Need Nature website – here. Please head over there and take a look. Thanks
Posted in meadows, People Need Nature, Poundbury, Prince Charles, Uncategorized
Tagged Kingcombe, national meadows day, Poundbury
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Where’s the Beef? the UK Australia Trade Deal and the desperate search for Brexit Benefits.
There’s been an awful lot of media attention focussed on the idea that the Government’s Trade Deal with Australia will lead to the UK being swamped with sub standard Australian Beef, pushing plucky British Beef farmers out of business. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, beef, Brexit, Common Agricultural Policy, NFU, Uncategorized
Tagged Australia, beef, Brexit, cows
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a new nature blog 