BBC Wildlife magazine’s Book of the Month

Thank you to BBC Wildlife magazine for making Inglorious your Book of the Month and thank you to Charlie Elder for a very kind review. I liked ‘expansive in scope yet forensic in detail‘ and also, of course ‘clearly reasoned and well-written‘. I do believe that the idea of a ban on driven grouse shooting…

Two more reviews of Inglorious

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…

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…