COMMENT |
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“Despair is Not an Option.” |
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A Fate Worse Than Trump. |
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NEWS |
Farm News; ZAD; Land Grabs in Europe; Wave Power; Fossil Capital; Land or Coal |
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LAND REGISTRY |
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Who Owns England? |
Asks Guy Shrubsole, who has some of the answers — and a map. |
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Land Explorer. |
A new, interactive resource for investigating land attributes is heralded by Tom Kenny |
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Light at the End of the Tunnel. |
Guy Shrubsole & Tom Kenny think land data may soon be liberated. |
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BREXIT |
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Ask a Stupid Question . . . |
Simon Fairlie attributes Brexit to the antidemocratic prejudice that pervadesWestminster. |
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Safe European Home. |
A personal reflection on Brexit by Mike Hannis. |
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UK Agriculture After Brexit. |
Simon Fairlie reports on the various options available. |
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Cheap Food, Underpaid Labour |
Luke Dale-Harris on the British reluctance to do seasonal agricultural work. |
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ADVENTURES IN DAIRY |
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Romanian Revival. |
Adam Crowe reports on what’s happening to dairy farmers in Transylvania. |
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The Milk Road. |
A French couple cross Asia investigating the culture of milk. |
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WEAPONS OF THE WEAK |
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Anarchist Squint. |
The Land pays tribute to anarchist anthropologist James C. Scott |
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The Politics of the Silent Fart. |
Simon Fairlie on JC Scott’s “The Weapons of the Weak” . |
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Two Cheers for the Petty Bourgeoisie. |
Their thwarted dreams are the tinder of revolution, claims James C. Scott. |
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The Art of Not Being Governed – Revisited. |
Rod Harbinson on life and struggles in Zomia. |
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Jihad for Soil and Seed in Palestine. |
Juman Simaan speaks out for traditional olive-growers. |
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THE PERI-URBAN FRINGE |
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Edgelands. |
Marion Shoard looks afresh at the grey zones between town and country. |
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Brown Bits Go Green. |
The Brownfield Register gives easier access to a neglected landbank. |
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Squandered Acres. |
What has become of Britain’s derelict land and housing? asks Gill Barron. |
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Farming in the Fringe. |
The 40-year history of a pioneering city farm, told by Anita MacCallum. |
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Underground, Overground. |
Mysterious horticultural goings-on in old Paris, unearthed by Gill Barron. |
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Urban Cowboys. |
Liverpool’s city-centre dairy farms are rediscovered in two new books. |
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Capital Growers. |
Could we replace the Horseyculture Belt with something more beneficial? |
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Bill Hook’s Scrap Yard. |
Gill Barron observes the metamorphosis of rubbish. |
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REVIEWS |
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Limits to Logic. |
Chris Smaje peers into an encyclopaedic assemblage of David Fleming’s ideas. |
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Settlements. |
David Spero ‘s photographs record two decades of low-impact dwellings. |
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Feedback and Letters. |
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CHAPTER 7 |
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The Tenant’s Choice. |
Bob Trafford describes how an old London scandal has sparked a new resistance. |
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The Profits from Enforcement. |
Simon Fairlie pursues the latest news on beds-in-sheds and HMOs. |
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Planning Appeals. |
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