| COMMENT |
|
| |
| Net Profits |
|
| |
| Purveyors of Ugliness |
|
| |
| Crazy Paving |
|
| |
| NEWS |
|
| |
| Peasants’ Rights Denied • Geoengineering in the USA • Whose Wind is it Anyway? • Profiting from Disaster • An Englishman’s Second Home • Beasts From The East |
|
| |
| FEATURES |
|
| |
| May 1968 in the Countryside. |
| Simon Fairlie recalls French history, and finds it echoed in the present day. |
| |
| Groundhog Day for the Cumbrian Ostrich. |
| Mike Hannis asks who will end up with Britain’s nuclear waste. |
| |
| Progress Without People. |
| Dave King questions the left’s acceptance of automation. |
| |
| Bedazzled by Energy Efficiency. |
| Kris de Decker makes a plea for sufficiency. |
| |
| The Romans Have Left Britain. |
| S M Parsons observes a classic peri-urban community regeneration drama. |
| |
| A WAY INTO THE WOODS |
|
| |
| A Many-Hatted Man. |
| Pioneer of the coppicing revival Walter Lloyd, remembered by Gill Barron. |
| |
| This Burning Business. |
| Olly Craigan asks why we burn African charcoal instead of home-grown. |
| |
| Chop and Change. |
| Pete Ditchfield poses some questions to the Woodland Trust. |
| |
| Treebogs at Trollheim. |
| The Church of England installs eco-loos in churchyards. |
| |
| Nuts to the National Forest. |
| HS2 gives the lie to Government tree-planting promises, says Gill Barron. |
| |
| Town Trees on Trial. |
| Hazel Greenwood finds trees being undervalued in Sheffield. |
| |
| LAND OWNERSHIP |
|
| |
| How Many People Own the UK? |
| Guy Shrubsole, Anna Powell-Smith and Robin Grey try to find out. |
| |
| Colour in the Landscape. |
| Nick Hayes traces how empire and the slave trade shaped rural England. |
| |
| ZIMBABWE |
|
| |
| Land Reform Myths Revisited. |
| Ian Scoones looks at the impact of land reform upon the wider rural economy. |
| |
| Land Reform in Zimbabwe: a Personal Account. |
| Nelson Mudzingwa adds historical and personal context. |
| |
| CHAPTER 7 NEWS |
|
| |
| Reclaiming the Means of Construction |
| Tom Chance explains Community-led Housing. |
| |
| The Single Plot. |
| Policies allowing one-off dwellings on village edges are a step in the right direction. |
| |
| DIY Planning Handbook. |
| The indispensable guide returns in a new fully updated edition. |
| |
| Cases and Policy News |
| Horse-logger wins in Herefordshire. |
| |
| Dartmoor Capitulates. |
| The Hillyfield appeal result marks a rare victory in the National Park. |
| |
