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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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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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On Death and Nature
It’s been a while since I wrote anything and I have a bit of time while I’m waiting for some people to get back to me with answers (or even some funding), and there are other reasons for the quiet … Continue reading
Posted in churches, churchyards, covid19, Death, Uncategorized
Tagged churchyards, covid19, Death, nature
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Berrier End Farm Tree Planting Fiasco – update
You will remember the fiasco I wrote about last Autumn, of Berrier End Farm in Cumbria. This was about 100 acres of valuable wildlife habitat, including large areas of peat bog and wildlife-rich grassland, which was damaged by tree-planting, that … Continue reading
Posted in Forestry Commission, grasslands, heathland, peat bog, tree planting, Uncategorized
Tagged Berrier End Farm, Forestry Commission, peat bog, tree planting
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10 years after the Forestry Commission wasn’t sold off, the bad old FC has returned
Cast your minds back, dear reader, Ten Years. I have deliberately capitalised these words so please don’t send me any grammatical correction comments. Ten years seems like an incomprehensibly long time ago, considering what we have been through in the … Continue reading
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