“No one would think of tearing down a quarter of England’s medieval churches. But that’s precisely what we have done with our hedgerows.”
The stitching that holds the fabric of the countryside together Read more
This article was originally written for Ecolibrium Now – a collection of essays, poems and artwork in support of the late Polly Higgins’ Law
Reflections on a butterfly cabinet Read more
“A clod of earth seems at first sight to be the embodiment of the stillness of death…” So Sir
Healthy Soils, Healthy People Read more
Hmm, rather a predictable bunch that meet typically narrow media stereotypes – not one real grassroots campaigner amongst them. Where
Observer Predictable Awards – misses biggest campaign victory for decades! Read more
This piece is 8 years old, but a couple of people asked me for a copy recently; so I dug
The secret life of cows (first appeared in The Ecologist magazine, March 2005) Read more
In his riposte to Clive Aslet’s Observer piece, ‘The English Countryside has never had it so good’, Tobias Jones unpicks much of
A Green and Fluorescent countryside…? Read more
