The Unexpected Joy of Traffic Jams: Birdsong Bliss

The Joy(?) of Roadworks

What Price Your Fun?

From motorised Safaris in the Masai Mara to a trespass on a West Sussex estate -the claim is made that people need nature, but does nature actually need us?

Can We Fix Britain’s Broken Housebuilding System?

The new government’s desire to build 1.5 million homes in this parliament will be a key in shaping the future of the countryside. Given existing systemic issues in the housebuilding sector, are we set for complete disaster, or is there hope?

Foxes, Fairytales, and the Price of Wild Myths

Disney has a lot to answer for and the way many in the country now see animals is a far cry from how nature really is and it's only going to end badly!

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?

Litter Louts. The public scourge on the countryside.

Public access to the countryside is a contentious issue with littering often touted as a major concern. But is that really fair?

Blending utility and art: the side by side

A brief discussion about the joy of the side by side

Left to Labour Alone: How the NHS Is Failing Rural Mothers

As I near the end of my pregnancy in rural Devon, the promised choice of a home birth has slipped away. Behind my story is a wider crisis: maternity care in the countryside is collapsing and thousands of women are being left behind.

How to get rich while failing

We can all agree that black grouse conservation is vital. We all know what to do. Why can't we do it? Why does all the money go to those who won't do what what needs to be done?

Rewilding or Ruin: Who Knows Best, Nature or Humans?

A call for a good discussion

Tyre Trouble, Land Rover Loyalty, and Countryside Rules

They come with curious rituals and are physically and metaphorically painful to drive and own. Yet they inspire a kind of emotionally loyalty rarely found with inanimate objects. Is the old Landrover the best worst car ever made?

Pretty In Pink? Not In My Parish

From one single plant, to a sea of pink, Himalayan balsam is spreading at speed, and (unfortunately) its rather good at what it does.