Featured Articles

18.06.18

May 1968 in the Countryside
Simon Fairlie

Simon Fairlie connects 'the events' of 1968 in France to recent struggles over the ZAD.

16.06.18

Net Profits
Emma Cardwell

Emma Cardwell on fisheries, dispossession and calls to ‘reclaim our seas’.

16.06.18

Groundhog Day for the Cumbrian Ostrich
Mike Hannis

Mike Hannis asks who will end up with Britain’s nuclear waste.

14.06.18

A Many-Hatted Man
Gill Barron

Gill Barron remembers Walter Lloyd, pioneer of the coppicing revival.

31.05.18

Colour in the Landscape
Nick Hayes

Disturbing colonial histories shape the countryside on Nick Hayes’s doorstep.

10.01.18

Reclaiming the Commons
Guy Shrubsole and George Monbiot

Guy Shrubsole interviews veteran land rights campaigner George Monbiot.

08.01.18

Is Grass-fed Guilt-free?
Simon Fairlie

Are pasture-fed cows methane villains or carbon saviours? Simon Fairlie considers a new report by Tara Garnett.

04.01.18

Bunking Off From Babylon
Gill Barron

Let children learn from Nature, says Gill Barron.

03.01.18

Mining the Desert
Mike Hannis and Sian Sullivan

Mike Hannis and Sian Sullivan find extractive routes from the colonial era still active in southern Africa.

29.12.17

Public Goods Mean Private Benefits
Simon Fairlie

Simon Fairlie discusses proposals for post-Brexit farming support.

Farmer stacking hay