Big time. I work on a broadsheet business desk now 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sometimes I put my hands on my hips and say “fiscal drag” thoughtfully and shake my head

So far nobody’s interrogated me

Paperback out very shortly

Loved writing that book.

Having a brief hiatus to write about things like Thames Water’s debt (lots of it). But I’ll be back

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The broadcaster and the green energy industrialist signed a letter sent to the Government on Monday claiming that Labour had “lost its way” on environmental policy." – @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social | @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

The cheesemaker down the road From 'Binham blue' to 'Wells Alpine': How a Norfolk farming family, who were up against it with their dairy herd, decided to think differently

Over on Substack, I wrote about going to visit a cheese maker who lives down the road open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

When a political radical released capercaillie in Norfolk From abolitionism to capercaillie reintroduction, the very busy life of an 18th century brewer

Over on Substack I wrote about a tireless political radical who tried to introduce capercaillie to Norfolk open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's excellent Uncommon Ground for the latest Resurgence & Ecologist. I had too much to say about this book to squeeze into 600 words, so ended up a bit incoherent. But suffice to say: highly recommended.

Haha me too - minus the wild swimming. Enjoy

Another Rave Review Police in Helicopter

3. "Another Rave Review" @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social

"The rules of the UK’s outdoor rave scene are simple: Keep the secret. Arrive in darkness. Don’t post on socials. Leave before the police arrive."

www.the-fence.com/another-rave...

Make a toilet seat from a walnut tree A very involved celebration of the beauty of the wood

Over on substack I wrote about making toilet seats out of English walnut

A worthy end for beautiful timber open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

I’m massively into “wilding” - but I don’t thinks it’s a walk away thing

Thank you. Generally the latter - red legs are imported and released in places where farming practices and a lack of predator management means a self-sustaining population of partridges isn’t viable

I guess that in Europe you’d get tough wild red legs but the birds we get here are a reared strain

The beloved English partridge People need to do much more to save one of our most iconic farmland species

Over on substack I wrote about the need to do so much more the grey partridge, and why it matters open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

Also featuring writing from Clive Martin, Jade Angeles Fitton, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @williamasclarke.bsky.social, @henrywismayer.bsky.social, Tom Parker Bowles, @bronmaher.bsky.social, @franciscogarciadf.bsky.social, William Hanson and Katy Hessel.

The Pub Is Finally Open!

With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.

Available at all bookstores & the link below 🍺

www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...

The joy of restoring old ponds In the past 70 years, Norfolk has lost thousands of ponds but it doesn't take all that much to bring them back to life

“In the past 70 years, Norfolk has lost some 8000 ponds”

Over on substack, I wrote about the joy or restoring centuries old ponds

open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

Lots to say 😦

Over on substack, I wrote about the best fish I ever caught

“There is something about fishing that makes you move slowly and look properly — even if it’s only later that you come to really appreciate what you saw”

open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

“They lived on the edge – they are part of that rural underclass that urban Britain cannot see.”

Over on Scribehound, I wrote about the madness of Sycamore Gap

www.scribehound.com/countryside/...

Becoming a meat man It all started by chance but selling venison to local customers is possibly the best thing I've ever done

“But which field was it shot in?”

Over on substack, I wrote about the immense joy of selling venison locally open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

Roebuck worship and the strangeness of putting animals' heads on the wall Why trophy hunters might just be hippies in a roundabout way

Why do people put deer heads up on the wall and are they just hippies, in a roundabout way?

Head over to substack for my thoughts

open.substack.com/pub/patrickg...

I finished this book today and I strongly recommend that everyone with even a fraction of an interest in the countryside should either read it or listen to it as an audio book.
Patrick Galbraith has covered the subject of countryside access from every conceivable angle. 🧵

Issue 24 is here 🛏️

www.the-fence.com/shop

With writing from @bronmaher.bsky.social, @evawiseman.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, Sophie Wilkinson, John Phipps, Ray Philip, Clare Considine & many more. Cover by Nishant Choksi.

Looking forward to @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social at FORUM Books talking #UncommonGround - vital, engaging & highly relevant to our Northumberland community 💚 we’d love to see you there!

🗓️ Mon 9 June
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/f...

Had time of my life.

Big party atmosphere in diner carriage on sleeper train down. Slept for all of two hours

Great bowl of mussels. Nice pubs. A lot to like

No no but a little romantic too

The romance of a horse’s neck

🏺 I always find @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social 's perspectives on things challenging and refreshing, in the best way.
There's a lot in this review for anyone interested in human relations to & engagement with land, including the archaeological (in its many senses)

Last summer I reviewed 'Wild Service', an anthology/manifesto from the Right to Roam camp (who have not, let's say, responded positively to Galbraith's book). engelsbergideas.com/reviews/walk...

Unbelievable that a tenant farmer would be shooting. Next they’ll want the vote

Hope you enjoy Annie. Thanks