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Gardening with the RHSGarden Books We’re Obsessed With This YearThis week, RHS Head of Libraries Fiona Davison, garden designer Zoe Claymore and RHS Gardening Advisor Nick Turrell gather to share their must-read gardening books of 2025. Along the way, they explore what really makes a garden waterwise, dive into the astonishing world of fungi, demystify regenerative gardening, and get to the root of soil science. They also journey through the makings of a temperate rainforest, spotlight remarkable horticultural heroes from history — and yes, they even tackle the topic every gardener loves to hate: slugs.
Host: Fiona Davison with Nick Turrell and Zoe Claymore
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2025-12-1142 min
Absolute UnitsSchedule Update: Big Sheep, Big DreamsEpisode 4 marked the end of our pilot series, produced by a group of extremely talented students from the University of Reading. Now, we're at the wheel planning future episodes. The tractor wheel of our mind and our dreams.In the meantime: for a shorter bonus adventure, join hosts Dr Ollie Douglas (curator) and Joe Vaughan (social media manager) as they reflect on the podcast to date. We talk about what we've learned, what we've loved, and what we're looking forward to for the future. Plus, follow us down some random tangents like the US-UK trade deal, our...
2025-05-2221 min
Expat Property StoryThe Secret To Reviewing Auction Legal Packs#212Have you bought or thought about buying a UK property at auction? Maybe you’re put off because you don’t know your way around a legal pack? Or you don’t trust yourself to spot outrageous hidden fees.Or you’re just reluctant to pay a solicitor hundreds of pounds to review a deal that you might not even buy.In this episode, we present an alternative solution.Jade Shrubsole has made it her mission to increase transparency in the auctions and is set to revolut...
2025-04-1032 min
James O'Brien DailyIs it too easy to get disability benefits?Sir Keir Starmer has called the current benefits system unsustainable, indefensible and unfair. He’s vowed to cut £3bn over the next three years and is expected to announce billions more in savings from the personal independence payment (Pip), the main disability benefit. How hard or easy is it to claim disability benefits, and how worried are you at the prospect of cuts?Also, James speaks to Guy Shrubsole, author of “The Lie of the Land” and “Who Owns England”, for the details on the potential for Britain’s land registry to be opened to the public.And, Jam...
2025-03-1155 min
The Green Alliance PodcastWho are the custodians of the countryside? With Guy ShrubsoleIn this episode, you'll hear highlights from our recent "in conversation" event with Guy Shrubsole where he and our head of natural environment, Lydia Collas, discussed his latest book “The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside?”.The book examines some of the most dramatic failures of land stewardship in Britain’s recent history. But also tells the story of the people trying to pick up the pieces, the small scale farmers, community groups and members of the public who seek to be the custodians of land, whether or not they own it.Some...
2024-12-1740 min
Oh God, What Now?No phone, who dis? – The Louise Haigh fiasco• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Cyber Monday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas?• Last few tickets for our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London.🎵 Shoulda left my phone at home/Cos this is a disaster. 🎵 What does the surprise resignation of Louise Haigh tell us about propriety and forgiveness in the new government? Is it one strike and you’re out? Plus as Labour and the countryside clash we welcome Guy Shrubsole, author of the brilliant book The Lie Of The Land: Who Reall...
2024-12-031h 04
The Plodcast274. A walk in Roald Dahl country with environmental campaigner Guy ShrubsolePlodcast host Fergus walks with campaigner Guy Shrubsole in the Chilterns' woodlands that inspired Roald Dahl's famous children's book: Danny Champion of the World.And rather like Roald Dahl's characters, Guy uses the issue of pheasant shooting to challenge conventional ideas of how land is owned and managed in Britain today and suggests that things need to change if our wildlife and wild habitats are to survive.Guy's book, The Lie of the Land is out now and is published by William Collins.The Countryfile Magazine Plodcast...
2024-11-261h 01
Downstream – Novara Media PodcastsDownstream: The UK’s Landowning Elite Are Destroying the Countryside w/ Guy ShrubsoleGuy Shrubsole is an author and campaigner whose new book The Lie of the Land seeks to expose the history of the British elite’s relationship to the land they own and debunk the myths that they perpetuate. He sat down with Aaron to talk about grouse moors, planning permission and exactly what we should do about […]
2024-09-231h 44
Novara MediaDownstream: The UK’s Landowning Elite Are Destroying the Countryside w/ Guy ShrubsoleGuy Shrubsole is an author and campaigner whose new book The Lie of the Land seeks to expose the history of the British elite’s relationship to the land they own and debunk the myths that they perpetuate. He sat down with Aaron to talk about grouse moors, planning permission and exactly what we should do about […]
2024-09-231h 44
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralLie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? - Guy ShrubsoleListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside?Author: Guy ShrubsoleNarrator: Guy ShrubsoleFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8:58:22Language: EnglishRelease date: 09-12-2024Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UKGenres: Politics, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Public PolicySummary: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 readin...
2024-09-138h 58Escape To: This Spellbinding Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718965to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside?
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2024
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER 'Brave and brilliant’ GEORGE MONBIOT 'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES 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 t...
2024-09-128h 58Download Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718965to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside?
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2024
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER 'It couldn't be more relevant' JAMES O'BRIEN 'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES The lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners care for the countryside. Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good stewards. But these same landowners have carelessly trampled over our best-loved landscapes, leaving the rivers po...
2024-09-128h 58
Relish The Most Eye-Opening Full Audiobook Today!The Lie of the Land by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62354to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lie of the Land
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
Release date: 09-12-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Outdoors & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
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. They’re even paid billions of pounds of public money to be good stewards. But what...
2024-09-128h 58Feel Into A Best-Selling Full Audiobook This Weekend.The Lie of the Land by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62354to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lie of the Land
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
Release date: 09-12-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Outdoors & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
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. They’re even paid billions of pounds of public money to be good stewards. But what...
2024-09-128h 58Discover the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718965to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside?
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2024
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER 'Brave and brilliant’ GEORGE MONBIOT 'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES 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 t...
2024-09-128h 58
Eco ChamberBathing water baddies PLUS River Summit special ft. Feargal Sharkey, Paul Whitehouse, Jim Murray, Philip Duffy and Angela HenryPaul Whitehouse, Feargal Sharkey, The Crown’s Jim Murray... This week's episode, recorded from the UK River Summit, features the rockstars of the water world and an environmental lawyer on a mission. Listen to the ECO Chamber to find out what you've missed.Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week’s Big Green News, the team discusses:The bugs bothering England’s bathing waters;The cr...
2024-05-2259 min
Paul English LivePEL 032 Who Owns England? Unveiling Land SecretsBroadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comClimate change and the ongoing debate about CO2 levels and their impact on the environment with a clip from Paul Harvey in 1992, which critiques the media's role in perpetuating climate crises. Plus land ownership and farming in England, 'Who Owns England?' by Guy Shrubsole, revealing the concentration of land ownership among a few families and the impact on farmers. He also touches on the challenges faced by farmers due to government policies and climate regulations.
2024-04-122h 14
Into The WildS1E6: Forestry Around The World: Got Wood?It's no secret that ever since humans have been on this planet, we have needed to use forests to survive. Whether that be for firewood, shelter or food, the forests we've lived in or around have provided for us, but how does this look in the year 2023?
In this episode Ryan & Nadia explore the history of forestry in the UK & then journey to Namibia, Nepal & Guyana to learn about community forestry & the systems these countries have created to sustainably managed their forests, restore biodiversity & of course, support the communities that rely on them.
Guest appearances f...
2023-10-021h 07
Real Estate Insights, from SavillsWhy is Britain one of the Least Wooded Countries in Europe?When it comes to climate change, the message is clear: native woods and trees are one of the best ways to tackle the climate crisis.So, why is Britain one of the least wooded countries in Europe?In this episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeover, we delve into how we can restore our native woodlands and temperate rainforests, and the transformative impact that trees and hedgerows can have on everything from our mental health to natural ecosystems.Sara Lom, Chief Executive of The Tree Council, speaks to Nicky and...
2023-08-1646 min
Challenging Climate37. Emma Marris on our rambunctious garden: wilderness and human influence on natureEmma Marris is an environmental writer and Institute Fellow at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. She has also written for National Geographic, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Wired, and other publications. In this episode, we dive into the concepts introduced in her book Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World, such as wilderness and nature purity. We discuss the relationship between nature and humans, from assisted migration to climate change, and how we can re-envision it. Links: Emma Marris’ profile Marris’ weekly articles on The Atlantic Check out her books, Wi...
2023-05-3043 min
Linnean PodcastsLinnean Podcast #59: Lost Rainforests of Great BritainSo much has been lost; so little remains.
Few people realise that Britain harbours fragments of a globally rare habitat: temperate rainforest.
This is the extraordinary tale of Guy Shrubsoles' quest to find Britain’s lost rainforests – and bring them back.
Interviewer and producer: Ross Ziegelmeier
Speaker: Guy Shrubsole
Want to learn more about forests? Why not attend our lecture
"(Hybrid) How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them"
Book tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hybrid-how-ancient-forests-can-save-us-if-we-let-them-tickets-536059527477?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
2023-04-1324 min
All The Small ThingsReconnecting To Nature With Poppy OkotchaPoppy Okotcha is a trained horticulturist and regenerative grower, on a mission to inspire people to engage with and connect to the natural world.With her joyful instagram content, poppy teaches people how to grow and forage their own food, whilst living and eating consciously - for personal, community and planetary health. As a young black woman, Poppy also advocates for those who are underrepresented and marginalised in the world of horticulture and environmentalism.A former successful model, in 2016 Poppy began her horticulture studies with the Royal Horticultural Society, and spent time working...
2023-02-2141 min
ClimateCast with Tom HeapBritain's lost rainforestsOn this week's ClimateCast, Tom Heap heads into the rainforest - but he didn't have to travel far. In Dartmoor, Devon, he explores a temperate rainforest dripping with a rare and lively ecosystem that only exists in regions without extreme temperatures. The rainforests are once thought to have made up 20% of Britain, but centuries of deforestation means there are just little pockets left.Joining Tom in the "green cathedral" to discuss how these fragments of forest could be saved and why they're so important to preventing climate change is author and environmental campaigner Guy Shrubsole and...
2023-01-1317 min
Running on JoyEpisode 20: Paul PowleslandJoy is...Connection.A Friday 'Shining Lights' episode with Paul Powlesland. Paul is a civil barrister, environmental activist and storyteller who is bringing new significance to what it means to be a lawyer in a time of environmental crisis. After practising as a barrister in London for a decade, he founded Lawyers for Nature, as a response to the need to create greater respect, protection and representation for the natural world and those who seek to defend it within our legal system. Outside of this, he regularly writes and speaks on legal rights for the natural world...
2022-12-231h 02
Press Play On The Full Audiobook That Keeps Knowledge Hunters Hooked.The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560485to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lost Rainforests of Britain
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes
Release date: October 27, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile ‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday Times Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize Temperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspir...
2022-10-279h 03Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560485to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lost Rainforests of Britain
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes
Release date: October 27, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile ‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday Times Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize Temperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspir...
2022-10-279h 03
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Title: The Lost Rainforests of Britain
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Guy Shrubsole
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
Release date: 10-27-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Ecosystems & Habitats
Publisher's Summary:
In 2020, writer and campaigner Guy Shrubsole moved from London to Devon. As he explored the wooded valleys, rivers and tors of Dartmoor, Guy discovered a spectacular habitat that he had never encountered before: temperate rainforest. Entranced, he would spend the coming months investigating the history, ecology and distribution of rainforests across England, Wales and Scotland. Britain, Guy discovered...
2022-10-279h 03
From What If to What Next62 - What if land were owned and managed for the common good?Just 1% of the population own half the land in England, and citizens have a Right to Roam over only 8% of its surface. This deliberate exclusion has many bad side effects, not least its impact on our collective imagination. But it's only like this because some people imagined it like this. What if we were to reimagine this arrangement so that, like in Scotland, our Right to Roam actually enabled us to, er, roam? For this episode I'm joined by Kate Swade of Shared Assets and Guy Shrubsole, campaigner and author of 'Who Owns England?' a...
2022-10-2446 min
Sustainababble#265: Rainforests of BritainBritain has lost a lot of things lately: international standing; economic credibility; its collective shit. But we've also mislaid something more fragile, dank and extraordinary than even Liz Truss's premiership: our precious and hitherto largely unknown temperate rainforests.In his new book, The Lost Rainforests of Britain, author and campaigner Guy Shrubsole sets out to right that wrong. He's mapped every last rainforesty remnant, uncovered centuries old cultural ties to them, and outlined a compelling case for reversing their decline.Now listen, before you get excited, don't go expecting pumas and parrots and leeches and wotnot, like in 'proper' rainforests...
2022-10-2447 min
Sustainababble#265: Rainforests of BritainBritain has lost a lot of things lately: international standing; economic credibility; its collective shit. But we’ve also mislaid something more fragile, dank and extraordinary than even Liz Truss’s premiership: our precious and hitherto largely unknown temperate rainforests.
In his new book, The Lost Rainforests of Britain, author and campaigner Guy Shrubsole sets out to right that wrong. He’s mapped every last rainforesty remnant, uncovered centuries old cultural ties to them, and outlined a compelling case for reversing their decline.
Now listen, before you get excited, don’t go expecting pumas and parrots...
2022-10-2447 min
Reasons RevisitedBACK TO NATURE: tackling the biodiversity and climate crisesHello! This week we head for the peatlands, get in the sea, and go in search of UK's lost rainforests to explore ecosystems beyond the trees. Could restoring these habitats play a significant part in achieving net-zero? And what else needs to be done to tackle the UK's nature crisis?Joining us are Kate Jennings (with a canine cameo), Guy Shrubsole and Richard Unsworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-01-1043 min
Planet Pod's PodcastNational Parks SOSOur National Parks are in crisis - just when we need them most to help us tackle the climate emergency, boost nature recovery and biodiversity. Rewilding Britain has called for 10% of the parks to rewild but can they or will they? Who owns our parks? Not the nation but private landowners. Are they listening? We talk to Guy Shrubsole, Policy and Campaigns Coordinator at Rewilding Britain (author of Who Owns England?) and Anita Konrad, CEO of The Campaign for National Parks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-07-0840 min
Local ZeroPermission to land 2: land use and net zeroFrom land *ownership* in our last episode to land *use* this time. How can land be used to mitigate climate change? What are some innovative uses of land, and what major barriers still remain? Guests this week: Guy Shrubsole, environmental and rewilding campaigner and author of 'Who Owns England?', and Dr Alona Armstrong, Senior Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Sciences at Lancaster University. Meanwhile, Alan McDonnell from Trees for Life shares how how land can be used creatively to better serve both the climate and communities.
2021-07-0150 min
AJ Climate ChampionsGuy Shrubsole on rewilding Britain and greening our cities9. AJ Climate Champions with Hattie Hartman. In this first of several episodes on landscape and biodiversity, we speak to Guy Shrubsole, policy and campaigns co-ordinator at Rewilding Britain and author of Who Owns England?
Shrubsole explains why land ownership patterns in England are at the root of the housing crisis, the extent to which agricultural practices are responsible for the ecological crisis and how rewilding can help restore biodiversity.
And in a brief news roundup, co-hosts Hattie Hartman and George Morgan discuss the launch of ACAN’s Natural Materials workstream, architecture practice Orms’ new open sour...
2021-05-2646 min
THE SPACESHIP EARTH PODCASTEpisode 47 - Jay Griffiths - Why Rebel“The truth of it seems to me that it’s not that the more than human world is something which some people have a particular affinity for and other people don’t, we all do. It’s something from childhood. Children adore animals, they dream of animals so often. Their sense of curiosity and comfort is often from animals. Their companions are very often from the more than human world. I think, in a sense that maybe that’s part of the clue to why so many people lose it, is because it’s treated as if it’s something that we grow o...
2021-05-061h 40
THE SPACESHIP EARTH PODCASTEpisode 47 - Jay Griffiths - Why Rebel“The truth of it seems to me that it’s not that the more than human world is something which some people have a particular affinity for and other people don’t, we all do. It’s something from childhood. Children adore animals, they dream of animals so often. Their sense of curiosity and comfort is often from animals. Their companions are very often from the more than human world. I think, in a sense that maybe that’s part of the clue to why so many people lose it, is because it’s treated as if it’s something that we grow o...
2021-05-061h 40THE SPACESHIP EARTH PODCASTEpisode 47 - Jay Griffiths - Why Rebel“The truth of it seems to me that it’s not that the more than human world is something which some people have a particular affinity for and other people don’t, we all do. It’s something from childhood. Children adore animals, they dream of animals so often. Their sense of curiosity and comfort is often from animals. Their companions are very often from the more than human world. I think, in a sense that maybe that’s part of the clue to why so many people lose it, is because it’s treated as if it’s something that we grow o...
2021-05-061h 40
Public lecture podcastsGuy Shrubsole: This land is not our land: Land ownership and the climate emergencyIn this online lecture, chaired by Professor Nick Pearce, author and environmentalist campaigner, Guy Shrubsole, discusses land ownership and land use in a time of climate and ecological emergency.
This lecture took place on 7 October 2020.
2020-10-141h 10
The Paddler's Podcast - with the Clear Access, Clear Waters campaignPaddlecast with Etienne Stott on Access and Rights of Way with Nick Hayes and Guy ShrubsoleEtienne Stott leads a fascinating conversation about access with two leading writers.
Guy Shrubsole is the author of "Who Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take it Back.
Nick Hayes is the author of "The Book of Trespass"and is a land and rights campaigner.
This is an hour's discussion which goes to the heart of British Canoeing's Clear Access, Clear Waters campaign - the vision to confirm access to rivers and inland waters in a fair, shared and sustainable way.
More details
www.britishcanoeing.org.uk
www.clearaccessclearwaters.org.uk
The "don't...
2020-06-1900 min
Reading Jane AustenPride and Prejudice, Chapters 47 to 52In this episode, we talk about the steps taken to find Lydia and Wickham, how much Darcy paid to get them married, the moral and social approach towards what Lydia has done, why Mrs Bennet thinks there will be a duel, the letter from Mr Collins, and Elizabeth’s changing feelings towards Darcy.We discuss the character of George Wickham. Ellen talks about marriage settlements and marriage laws, and Harriet looks at how some modernisations of the book adapt the Lydia plot.We also revisit the subject of enclosures, in response to some feedback, and ta...
2020-05-1659 min
Building Sustainability PodcastTrespass, Crossing the Lines that Divide Us - Nick Hayes - BS017We continue our meander into the benefits for human health of access to countryside. This week in a conversation with writer, Illustrator and land justice campaigner - Nick HayesNick is just putting the finishing touches to his new book, 'The Book of Trespass - Crossing the Lines that Divide Us' and talks us through the themes and issues presented in the book. The Book of Trespass, Crossing the Lines that Divide UsA meditation on the fraught and complex relationship between land, politics and power, this is England through the...
2020-05-121h 34
Sustainababble#168: Who Owns England?It's all very well wanting to plant trees everywhere and stuff like that but you need to own the land first. And we don't. Not only that, we don't even really know who does. But one man knows more than most. Superstar activist Guy Shrubsole spent a very long time digging into who actually holds the deeds to England's green and pleasant land and what he found was proper scandalising. In 2019 his book, Who Owns England, took the papers by storm - both left- and right-wing ones, for different reasons - and is just about to come out in paperback...
2020-03-0147 minSustainababble#168: Who Owns England?It's all very well wanting to plant trees everywhere and stuff like that but you need to own the land first. And we don't. Not only that, we don't even really know who does. But one man knows more than most.
Superstar activist Guy Shrubsole spent a very long time digging into who actually holds the deeds to England's green and pleasant land and what he found was proper scandalising. In 2019 his book, Who Owns England, took the papers by storm - both left- and right-wing ones, for different reasons - and is just about to come out in paperback...
2020-03-0147 min
Ideas MatterBONUS: Who Owns England?, by Guy Shrubsole (an extract from the audiobook)An exclusive extract from the first chapter of Who Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back, Guy Shrubsole's explosive examination of land ownership in England. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more.Read by Malk Williams.All the books discussed throughout this series are available at Apple Books, via this link: https://apple.co/ideasmatter
Se...
2019-11-0800 min
Ideas MatterGuy Shrubsole: Who Really Owns England?Guy Shrubsole is a campaigner and writer. He campaigns for Friends of the Earth and has written for numerous publications including the Guardian and New Statesman.In his book Who Owns England, he goes trespassing through tightly-guarded country estates, ecologically ravaged grouse moors and empty Mayfair mansions, and uncovers a wealth of never-before-seen information about the people who own our land, to create the most comprehensive map of land ownership in England that has ever been made public.In this discussion with his editor, Tom Killingbeck...
2019-11-0600 min
The TLS PodcastNature for saleNick Groom ponders the fate of the beleaguered British countryside and shares new theories about the economics of the natural world; En Liang Khong takes us through the increasingly global phenomenon of Japanese manga (which translates as “pictures run riot”); Damian Flanagan on Mishima, a writer who yearned to transcend time and identity Green and Prosperous Land: A blueprint for rescuing the British countryside by Dieter HelmWho Owns England?: How we lost our green and pleasant land and how to take it back, by Guy ShrubsoleManga, and exhibition at the Br...
2019-07-2548 min
Conway Hall: Where Ethics MatterThinking on Sunday: Who Owns England?How we lost our green and pleasant land, and how to take it back.
For centuries, England’s elite have covered up how they got their hands on millions of acres of our land, by constructing walls, burying surveys and more recently, sheltering behind offshore shell companies. But with the dawn of digital mapping and the Freedom of Information Act, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for them to hide.
Trespassing through tightly-guarded country estates, ecologically ravaged grouse moors and empty Mayfair mansions, writer and activist Guy Shrubsole has uncovered a wealth of never-before-seen information about the people who own our land...
2019-06-021h 07Conway Hall: Where Ethics MatterThinking on Sunday: Who Owns England?How we lost our green and pleasant land, and how to take it back.
For centuries, England’s elite have covered up how they got their hands on millions of acres of our land, by constructing walls, burying surveys and more recently, sheltering behind offshore shell companies. But with the dawn of digital mapping and the Freedom of Information Act, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for them to hide.
Trespassing through tightly-guarded country estates, ecologically ravaged grouse moors and empty Mayfair mansions, writer and activist Guy Shrubsole has uncovered a wealth of never-before-seen information about the people who own our land...
2019-06-021h 07
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Title: Who Owns England?
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Malk Williams
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
Release date: 05-02-19
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 6 ratings
Genres: Architecture
Publisher's Summary:
Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more.
2019-05-0212h 04
Power-Up With Your Day With A Sensational Full Audiobook.Who Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359728to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Who Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Malk Williams
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Release date: May 2, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspirin...
2019-05-0212h 05Don’t Miss The Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook Experience!Who Owns England? by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/209to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Who Owns England?
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Malk Williams
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
Release date: 05-02-19
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 6 ratings
Genres: Architecture
Publisher's Summary:
Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more.
2019-05-0212h 04Get New Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsWho Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back by Guy ShrubsolePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359728to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Who Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
Author: Guy Shrubsole
Narrator: Malk Williams
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Release date: May 2, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspirin...
2019-05-0212h 05
New Free Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsWho Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back by Guy ShrubsolePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back Author: Guy Shrubsole Narrator: Malk Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspi...
2019-05-0205 min