James Attlee in the Independent ‘ Avery is a reasonable man; by his own admission “a wishy-washy liberal” who has engaged in fruitless years of dialogue with the grouse-shooting industry in his efforts to gain concessions. Once roused, however, he proves indefatigable. So far the political connections and powerful lobbying of the industry has maintained the…
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Henry finds another butt
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Inglorious in the media
In Tuesday’s Independent by me In Thursday’s Times (Scotland only?) by Lindsay Mcintosh and Robbie Hurley On Thursday’s BBC Radio 4 Farming Today (7m30s into it). Ban driven grouse shooting – please sign up here.
Henry visits the CLA
Belgrave Square has rarely, if ever, seen a six-foot Hen Harrier before, but last week we visited the London HQ of the Country Land and Business Association. Henry said that it all looked very posh – much posher than the Scottish Land and Estates little office block. Henry gave his plumage a special preen to…
Henry just had to stop
Henry and I were passing through the Oxfordshire countryside, somewhere between Banbury and Chipping Norton, at least I think it was Oxfordshire, maybe it was Northants. As I say, we were just passing through, when Henry said that he needed to consult Inglorious about a few things. So he did. For everyone else, Inglorious –…