Lapwing hopes lie in the lap of the Gods

With species such a lapwing and curlew closer than ever to extinction, why are the growing number of voices telling us to use targeted lethal predator control still being ignored?

Paralysis

What one burned out West Sussex hotel tells you about how Britain is run.

It's time to shock, literally. Reading this could save a life...

Do you know how far away your nearest defibrillator is?

Broken men, milkshakes, and the night that sycamore fell

The vandalism at Sycamore Gap was carried out by broken men in a broken countryside and much of what followed was complete madness

The Overton Window of the Outdoors: Politics and Policy in the Wild

Some activities in the British outdoors draw nods of approval - others, polite discomfort. The difference often has less to do with law or impact, and more to do with an unspoken code of what nature-loving is supposed to look like.

How a Tiny Beetle Is Wiping Out British Heather

A tiny insect with a big footprint. Climate change, changing land management practices and fluctuations on predatory insects are having a big affect on our uplands.

From Lettuce to Longevity: Rethinking Health from the Ground Up

We’re in a health crisis—and the cure might be growing in a lettuce patch. Farmer Tom explores how farms, food, and nature could transform wellbeing, cut NHS costs, and heal the nation—if only policy had the appetite to try.

From Utopia to Reality: The Harsh Truth Revealed

Public life is dominated by wishful, utopian thinking and it has to stop.

Reflections on a Farming Century

From the agricultural depression of the 1930s to the boom times of the post-war period, my grandfather lived through a radically changing landscape. Recently, I discovered his memoir.

The wild food harvest - blink and you've missed it

There's nothing better than produce from Nature's larder. But you have to be quick and take every opportunity

Farewell to the Ferrets - the end of a love-affair

We understand that rabbits are declining, but the knock-on implications for a mad-keen ferreting enthusiast spell the end of an era, just as the next generation develops an appetite for learning about nature.

Farmers to Action are undermining the interests of the countryside

Disruptive, politicised conspiracy groups are trying to harness rural discontent for their own advantage. Their presence risks alienating the public from the plight of farmers.