Regaining Shooting’s Social Licence
After 45 years as a game shot, I haven't picked up a gun in five years. In this column I explain why, and offer some suggestions for how shooting can regain public support
I'm an environmentalist, a writer and campaigner on nature, and a founder member of the charity, Curlew Action. My latest books are The Return of the Grey Partridge and The Restless Coast, a Journey…
After 45 years as a game shot, I haven't picked up a gun in five years. In this column I explain why, and offer some suggestions for how shooting can regain public support
Finding joy in the empty spaces on the map
When it comes to learning to love the natural world, there is no substitute for experiencing the nature at the end of your street.
If you want to know what is happening to nature and know yourself better, start by getting out of your SUV
We are a nation of animal lovers, but to make our countryside a better, more biodiverse place, my benign dictatorship will enforce the following legislative changes
"Meet me in a field beyond right and wrong" - what I learned on my 1,000 mile walk of discovery, and why nature conservation needs to get less adversarial, and quick