Ben Eagle

Changes ahead at DEFRA?

It has been a messy few weeks in politics. That’s for sure. The uncertainty that Brexit has brought about seems to have turned everything that we previously knew upside down and despite people like Tim Worstall remaining blindly optimistic about the future of food in this country (see especially his comments on a recent FoodContinueContinue reading “Changes ahead at DEFRA?”

Why we need to think positively in our uncertain world

For the past couple of weeks the entire United Kingdom seems to have been stuck in a national anxiety complex. The uncertainty that Brexit has brought about has generated an unease of a kind that I certainly haven’t experienced before and it’s difficult to adjust to. Brexit, by its nature, broke the status quo and flippedContinueContinue reading “Why we need to think positively in our uncertain world”

Reflecting on Community and Environmental Change

I have spent the last few days back on my home patch, in north Essex, doing a whistle stop tour of visits to see family and friends before I return to the west country later today. I’m not often one to get homesick but when you return to the place where you grew up somethingContinueContinue reading “Reflecting on Community and Environmental Change”

Drawing ’20 Days Wild’ to a close

The old saying ‘a week is a long time in politics’ has never rung quite so true as for the past week. This time last week the news that Britain was leaving the European Union was starting to sink in. There was jubilation from some and utter horror and shock from others. The short termContinueContinue reading “Drawing ’20 Days Wild’ to a close”

’20 Days Wild’ – Days 16 and 17: Blaise Castle and Royal Fort

As already suggested on several occasions on this we are fortunate in Bristol to have a number of green spaces in the city in which one can escape the concrete jungle and spend some time within a softer, greener atmosphere. Royal Fort Gardens at the University of Bristol is one such place, usually the preserveContinueContinue reading “’20 Days Wild’ – Days 16 and 17: Blaise Castle and Royal Fort”