This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…
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Writing competition – deadline midnight tomorrow
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This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…
Writing competition – deadline midnight Sunday
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This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…
Everybody wants a review of grouse shooting…
…except, of course, grouse shooters. The Labour Party is calling for one – see here page 12. Les Wallace has a petition on the subject – see here and please sign.
Don’t vote for me – vote for him!
It’s very nice to have been nominated, for the second year, for The Great Outdoors Awards 2018. Woohoo! as they say. I’m in the Campaigner of the Year category – which is recognition enough. Thank you. Also in the same category is Chris Packham so you’d be bonkers to vote for me instead of him….
Writing competition – deadline is midnight Sunday
This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…
Where I’ll be on Monday
Mellow Yellow but no Turtles
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My favourite local farmer, Duncan Farrington, has been developing new delicious products with his prize-winning cold-pressed rapeseed oil. This Chilli and Cumin dressing is delicious – and I know it comes from a local farm with high environmental standards too. Duncan tells me that he didn’t see a Turtle Dove on his farm this year…
A Bluffer’s Guide to Agriculture Policy (3)
Forget how we got to this place, the consensus is that it’s not the best place possible and so Brexit gives the UK a better opportunity to come up with a better way of spending taxpayers’ money on land management. Michael Gove has latched on to the mantra of ‘Public money for public goods’ as…
Loads of money!
I see that I started being a Blackwell’s affiliate in March 2017 – about 18 months ago. If you buy books from Blackwell’s using the links in my posts (mostly in book reviews) then I’ll get a small cut of what you spend. That’ll obviously be nice for me and it may allow you to…