Nature never rushes
There are boxes everywhere.
The Nature of Things
Exploring the challenges, questions, and hopes of nature recovery.
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What Summer Sounds Like
What a Romanian meadow taught me
Visibility
On Pride, skylarks, and waiting for signs that it is safe to land.
On Loving a Wounded World
On loving a wounded world
The Conservationist in a Campervan
I can’t save the world from this campervan.
The Season of Lapwing
What lapwings reveal about farming, food, and the future of our landscapes
On Being a Bridge
Bridges, in all their forms, are acts of hope.
The Season of Return
Spring, grief, and the foundations that builds a strong bridge
The Right Tree in the Right Place
Why the answer is almost always “it’s complicated” but also, yes, plant the tree… just maybe not there.
Is Regenerative Farming Greenwashing?
or is it what messy, imperfect transition looks like?
The Price of Wild Meat
On wild meat, food poverty, and how we turned one of our most sustainable meats into something out of reach
The Unromantic Work of Saving Nature
On difficult weeks and what a little dog taught me about finding a patch of sun
A Kind of Trespass
On LGBTQ+ History Month in rural Britain
Beavers are back!
What we lost and what it means to welcome them home again
Class Is the Ground We Stand On
On land, belonging, and the stories we inherit - notes from a book in progress
Staying By the River
Reflections on the Wylye Landscape Recovery Scheme and what it really takes to make landscape recovery work
Once Upon a Wolf
Why bringing predators back to the UK is more complicated than the fairy tale
The Book and the Blanket
2026 is the year I want to write my book.
The Promise of Biodiversity Net Gain
Growth, housing, and the myth that nature holds us back
The Trouble with Loving Deer
What happens when a beloved animal thrives beyond the land's limits