Guy Shrubsole

United Kingdom

Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, Sept 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain, & Who Owns England? Agent: @JMLockhart2

Articles

Will Starmer take on landowners?

1 month ago | unherd.com | Guy Shrubsole

GeographyLabour PartyLand reformPoliticsRight to BuyUK “England is a country in which property and financial power are concentrated in very few hands,” wrote George Orwell in The Lion and the Unicorn. Back then, in 1941, he advocated “an upward limit to the ownership of land”. Eighty-four years later, the writer would doubtless be depressed to learn that half the land in England is still owned by less than 1% of the population.
Born of Fire and Rain by M. L. Herring

2 months ago | the-tls.co.uk | Guy Shrubsole

Winner of the 2024 Niche Market Newspaper of the Year Award and proudly niche since 1902. Mud on your bootsFrom rainswept canopies to clashing tectonic platesTemperate rainforests – the cool cousins of tropical rainforests – cover less than 1 per cent of the Earth’s surface, yet comprise some of the most gorgeous and biodiverse habitats on the planet. In this richly illustrated book, the ecologist M. L.
English pastoral

Nov 12, 2024 | perspectivemedia.com | Guy Shrubsole |Rowan Williams

We live in a democracy, but how much say does the public have over how its land is used? In England today, less than one per cent of the population owns half the land, and they exert huge sway over how the countryside is governed. Just 150 huge estates, for example, own England’s upland peat bogs – our single most important natural carbon store. You’d hope that these landowners, a mix of aristocrats and City bankers, would strive to be good stewards of this vitally important national asset.
Campaigners call for ‘Domesday’ survey of nature efforts by large landowners

Nov 6, 2024 | standard.co.uk | Guy Shrubsole |Emily Beament

Large landowners should be required to report on their action for nature, conservationists say (Gareth Fuller/PA)PA ArchiveCampaigners have called for an “ecological Domesday survey” requiring large landowners to report on how they are looking after their land for nature. They say the assessment, so-called for its echoes of the Domesday survey nearly a thousand years ago in 1086 that asked landowners to report on the land they owned, would help deliver a much-needed boost for nature.
What can England learn from Scotland’s community land buyouts?

Oct 19, 2024 | ft.com | Guy Shrubsole

It’s not every day that you find thousands of people thronging the streets of the tiny Scottish town of Langholm; still less likely that...
The Lie of the Land

Sep 11, 2024 | audible.co.uk | Guy Shrubsole

The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain reveals how landowners wreck the countryside, and how the public can restore it 'Brave and brilliant’ George Monbiot ‘Urgent and essential … should be required reading’ Caroline Lucas For centuries we’ve been sold a lie: that you need to own the land to care for it. Just 1% of the population own half of England, and this tiny landowning elite like to present themselves as the rightful custodians of the countryside.
The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside?

Sep 10, 2024 | naturebooks.co.uk | Guy Shrubsole

Author: Guy ShrubsoleHardback272 pagesPublication date: 12th September 2024From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain comes a fierce expose of how private landowners wreck the countryside, and how the public can restore itBritain’s landowners, we are told, are the rightful stewards of the countryside. They care for the land, they nurture it for future generations and for the good of all. But this is not true.
The Lie of the Land (Signed Edition): Who Really Cares for the Countryside?

Sep 6, 2024 | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Guy Shrubsole

(Author) FORMAT Pre-Order Ships 12 September 2024 Bookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the world The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain reveals how landowners wreck the countryside, and how the public can restore it Price Â£22.00 Â£20.90 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Publish Date Language English Type Hardback EAN/UPC 9781472636133 Earn By Promoting Books Earn money by sharing your favourite books through our Affiliate...
Labour must give the land back to the people

Sep 4, 2024 | newstatesman.com | Guy Shrubsole

“The mountains of Snowdonia, the Lakes… and the tors of the West Country belong to the people as a right and not as a concession. This is not just a Bill. It is a people’s charter – a people’s charter for the open air.” Those were the words of the Labour minister Lewis Silkin in 1949 after introducing legislation to create the first national parks in Britain, which celebrate their 75th anniversary this year.
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Jul 15, 2024 | theguardian.com | Guy Shrubsole

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