Killing The Thing You Love - Part 2
The True Price of Being an Ethical Meat Eater
Latest
.jpeg)
Killing The Thing You Love - Part 1
The True Price of Being an Ethical Meat Eater
A Heartwarming Tail for Christmas!
When the little donkey was not a donkey at all, but a lurcher!
'This Brightly Visualised World': A Cultural Erasure of Rural Britain
In an age supposedly obsessed with cultural preservation, are we sleepwalking into the cultural erasure of rural Britain? I explore how the countryside should reclaim its identity
Are we all barking up the wrong tree?
The surprising dangers of the "What dog are you?" game
A way to get rich AND improve understanding of the countryside?
The power of investing in the right people for rural advocacy.
.jpeg)
A Fly fishing Wishlist Calendar for 2024
Not long ago, the fly-fishing season started in spring and ended in early autumn. As the leaves started to fall, our rods were stowed away and forgotten through the long torpor of winter hibernation. Not any more...
The Pheasant Cycle, Raptors and Thrushes - A Year In Conservation
2023 has been a strange year for conservation on our little patch of Dumfries and Galloway
Folk Songs and the Luftwaffe War Cry
Why we should adopt some of the Germanic hunting traditions at home.
My Mum's 20 Year Journey to Landing Her First Bonefish
I vividly remember the day my mum bought her first book on bonefish fishing, simply titled ‘Bonefish’. Soon after, she purchased her very own bonefish rod, a Sage Xi2 8-weight. For 20 years, that rod sat dormant in her fishing cupboard in Scotland
Ethical Meat-Eating and the Arancini Incident
Veganism seems to be on the wane but why can't people aim for a middle ground where they eat meat sustainably and ethically?
Stone, Branch & Thorn: The Importance of Boundaries in the Countryside
Drystone walls and hedges are a vital part of our countryside's rich tapestry, both psychologically and environmentally, but what does the future hold for these iconic boundary markers?