Whose country is it anyway?
The British countryside is about to go through a once-in-a-generation change. In this three-part series I look at the future for this green and pleasant land. PART ONE: the politics of pastoral
David Hockney’s The Road Across the Wolds: the effect of the Enclosure Acts in full colour
This is a big year for travel in the British Isles. Record numbers of visitors will take staycations. There's an epidemic of walking and outdoor recreation. But the very land beneath our feet is shifting as EU farm subsidies end and ‘rewilding’ looks to become a p…
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