Last week the inaugural Henry Plumb Lecture took place at the Royal Society in London, during which Ivan Rogers, the former UK permanent representative to the European Union, spoke to farm leaders and other farming sector representatives about the negotiations and life after Brexit. To say that his words didn't foster much optimism is theContinue reading "”No deal would be a very bad deal indeed”: some words on Brexit and Farmers."
Wild Voices Podcast – Biodiversity & Beer (with me, Pete Cooper and Matt Williams)
A few weeks ago my good friend Matt Williams asked me to take part in a special episode of his podcast the Wild Voices Project, recording my thoughts on a host of different issues alongside another good mutual friend, conservationist and mammal specialist, Pete Cooper. I'm a big fan of Matt's podcast, was thrilled toContinue reading "Wild Voices Podcast – Biodiversity & Beer (with me, Pete Cooper and Matt Williams)"
Meeting Defra
Late night posts are never usually a good idea, but having just returned from an event down in mid Essex it seems right to pen my thoughts straight away, while it's fresh in my head. This evening I went along to a Young Farmers Club event near Chelmsford, chaired by the ever inspiring Ed FordContinue reading "Meeting Defra"
Home again
My week away in Devon was just what I needed. For a November holiday in the south-west the weather couldn't have been better and I wallowed in the simplicity of days walking, spending time with family, pottering about, making dams on the beach as though reliving my childhood. Simply glorious. Perhaps the thing I appreciatedContinue reading "Home again"
Book Review: ‘Strands’ by Jean Sprackland
In beachcombing, if we look closely enough, we find philosophy, history, art. The meditative, contemplative act of scanning the shoreline, enables discoveries of an alternative version of places that we think we know. Usually mundane objects become exotic if we choose to see them in such a way. To collect these items is timeless andContinue reading "Book Review: ‘Strands’ by Jean Sprackland"
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