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a damp and deadening mist: country diary 100 years...

a damp and deadening mist: country diary 100 years...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 4 November 1916Surrey,November 2.Even along the...


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ruddy twilight spreads across the horizon: country...

ruddy twilight spreads across the horizon: country...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 11 March 1916The sun went down a huge ball almost...


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why countryfile is the most political show on tv |...

why countryfile is the most political show on tv |...

This is a programme that both celebrates country life and holds it to account. Now it has an 8...


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the farming revolution that aims to bring free...

the farming revolution that aims to bring free...

Smallholders hope to reverse years of dairy industry decline with a return to cows grazing in the...


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britain overcrowded? rubbish - we ve got loads of...

britain overcrowded? rubbish - we ve got loads of...

A satellite stock of UK land use finds that,while Britons pack into the cities, the wild and open...


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the british countryside has never had it so bad

the british countryside has never had it so bad

Two weeks ago,Clive Aslet wrote approximately how the countryside had never had it so first-rate....


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hurrah for our growing coastal path - ideal for...

hurrah for our growing coastal path - ideal for...

It’s surprising how little freedom we have to walk this land. Now we have more and we must consume...


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when you lose your village milkman, you lose more...

when you lose your village milkman, you lose more...

Guy Bond’s family has served Weedon,Bucks, since 1901. Now there’s no one to replace him, and...


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heritage apples - taking your pick of history

heritage apples - taking your pick of history

West Dean,West Sussex I munched on wedges of spicy Sussex Mother, fragrant Tinsley Quince and nutty...


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no pylons here, but pylons there | letters

no pylons here, but pylons there | letters

Three cheers to National Grid for agreeing to remove lines of unsightly electricity pylons,using a...


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memories of childhood at a cornish watermill

memories of childhood at a cornish watermill

St Dominic,Tamar Valley: Marie Lorraine Martins paintings depict the seasons at Cotehele mill in the...


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cavers fight to take the right to roam to new...

cavers fight to take the right to roam to new...

Campaigners call for government to extend legal rights of countryside access to Britain’s...


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akenfield revisited: what a rural classic reveals...

akenfield revisited: what a rural classic reveals...

Ronald Blythe’s account of a fictional Suffolk village painted a vivid picture of 1960s country...


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revitalised and calmed by an english wood in...

revitalised and calmed by an english wood in...

Fineshade Woods,Northamptonshire Not a carpet of bluebells, but a scattering of sweet hyacinth, or...


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would it kill you to say hello on a country walk?...

would it kill you to say hello on a country walk?...

I greet deer and blackbirds – so there is no way I would ignore other walkers. It’s sad if we...


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lake district villagers fume at plans to erect...

lake district villagers fume at plans to erect...

Residents of Ravenglass say 160ft pylons that will carry electricity from modern power station at...


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