Showing posts with label Farming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farming. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

The Joy of Six 1591

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"Conservatives have called Burnham’s intervention 'dangerous and divisive', which could be interpreted as a denial that interfe...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

Jeremy Clarkson left red-faced over 'stolen' sheep that were never even missing

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Some sheep yesterday. The Mirror wins our Headline of the Day Award. In an outbreak of judicial witticism, the judges suggested that Clarks...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

Good news about the Family Farm Tax

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Farmers have been complaining for some time that the price of farmland has lost any connection with the income that be derived from farming ...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

Shropshire Hills project receives almost £1m from National Lottery

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The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded £993,475 in development funding to Shropshire's Landscape Connections project. A report o...
Monday, July 27, 2026

The Fenland floods of 1947

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A film about farming and the harsh winter of 1946/7. In particular, about the flooding that hit the Fens when the snow finally thawed and th...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

Saving the curlew from extinction in Shropshire

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Forty-eight young curlews are being released back into their natural habitat in the Shropshire hills as part of efforts to protect the speci...
Monday, June 22, 2026

A journey along the Welsh Border in 1963

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Wynford Vaughan Thomas and friend travel the length of the border between England and Wales in 1963. But the tone of the commentary could co...
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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Petula Clark remembers making Trouble at Townsend

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One of Petula Clark's early films in her child star days was Trouble at Townsend , which was based on a short story by this blog's h...
Monday, May 25, 2026

The Joy of Six 1523

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Niamh McIntyre had been investigating the spike in racist AI videos aimed at British surfers: "It is often young, entrepreneurial men ...
Friday, May 08, 2026

The Joy of Six 1515

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"We need to have the courage and vision to support the Jewish community without destroying a fundamental and necessary right. It is Jew...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The Joy of Six 1497

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"A child who grew up in the United Kingdom, attended British schools, made British friends, and considers this country their home will ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

The Joy of Six 1494

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"After months of rhetoric from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves blaming newts and bats for supposedly blocking growth, it’s good to see t...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Lord Bonkers' Diary: The Duke of Buccleuch is pretty chuffed too

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The new Liberator has dropped – you can download issue 433 free of charge from the magazine's website – which means it's time to st...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Will Neolithic stones in garden of James Corden's former £8.5 million mansion be returned to Jersey?

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Embed from Getty Images It's the question everyone's asking and it's our Headline of the Day too. Well done ITV News . Because t...
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Wednesday, January 07, 2026

It's the lack of taxes on land that's causing small farmers a problem

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I used to believe that the most damaging intellectual errors were essentialism and reification. These days I'm inclined to think that al...
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Friday, January 02, 2026

The Grassy Shires: Farming in Leicestershire during WWII

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Thrill to footage of Nevill Holt Hall (now widely accepted to be the chief model for Bonkers Hall) from 1:13 and of Market Harborough cattle...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Nottinghamshire councillor Tom Hollis told his criminality is "not normal" after sheep eviction trial

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The Nottingham Post wins our Headline of the Day Award. Cllr Hollis, the deputy leader of Ashfield District Council, is a Zadroznyite – a m...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Lib Dems get five new peers and drop opposition to government bill

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Photo by Martina Jorden on Unsplash I can't see behind its paywall, but the Telegraph is convinced that the Liberal Democrats dropped ...
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Monday, December 01, 2025

The Joy of Six 1443

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"Companies that have collaborated with immigration enforcement agencies in various ways to aid Trump’s mass deportation initiative – wh...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

What does our campaign against the Family Farm Tax seek?

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What exactly do we Liberal Democrats want from out campaign against the "Family Farm Tax"? It's important we know, because The...
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