George Browne

Sawdust and serenity

Craft and craftsmanship are the antidote to our breakneck culture

LIVESTREAM - Bulldozer Economics, Fairies, Mast Years and Tweedwashing

Join the livestream for a look back at some of October's highlights

Why big business always gets the countryside wrong

Big brands love to employ rural imagery in their marketing, but all too often it rings hollow. Here's why

Hare Coursing: Police issue warning over 500-strong event

The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. - Sherlock Holmes

Is the countryside really 'irrelevant' to Britain's economy?

As (another) new minister takes on the Defra job, it is time for politicians to look at the countryside as more than a rung on the greasy ladder

Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Boots-in-the-mud Understanding?

Governments and businesses are enthusiastically embracing Artificial Intelligence for conservation and land management... is it all for the best?

Wild No More: How We Replaced Nature with Numbers

For more than a century we've been supplementing wild populations of certain species with artificially reared stock - but we must learn from the mistakes of the past

Harvesting hope and long-term thinking

When you think about it, farming is a very weird business - but that's where its strength lies

The countryside is not a place

As a linguist and a writer I think a lot about words, their meanings, and how they shape the way we think

We need a centrist green movement

Politically, the left has the monopoly on environment and green policy, but is there room for a more centrist approach to nature?

The Land Under Wave and the Dinosaur Tooth

Look, I've been thinking too much about chalk.

Follow your nose

The link between scent, memory and emotion is incredibly powerful - paying more attention to what our noses are telling us makes our time in the countryside richer