| COMMENT |
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| The House of Lords and the House of Frauds |
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| PSPOs in the Park |
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| NEWS |
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| Biogassed are the Cheesemakers; Good Grub(s) for Pigs; Love those Lentils; Higgs Boson Meets Its Match; Burying Biofuels; GM Overview Overdue • Nightmare in November; Scottish Fudge; Yorkley Court Farm — Utopia Bulldozed? |
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| MIGRATION |
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| Life on the Borderline |
| Preview extracts from Threads, Kate Evans’ graphic novel of life in the Calais Jungle. |
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| Passport to Privilege |
| Theo Simon reflects on a week in the camp at Calais. |
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| LANDLESS LIFESTYLES |
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| Tinker, Vagabond, Journeyman, Tramp |
| Gill Barron encounters the itinerant population of Early Modern Britain. |
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| The Case of the Vanishing Vagabonds |
| A lament for the disappearance of tramps. |
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| The Road Goes Ever On |
| Being of No Fixed Abode in Britain nowadays ain’t easy, as Raina Jones explains. |
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| Elimination by Definition |
| Sophie Hemery on the Government’s latest attempt to purge the land of Gypsies. |
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| Turf Wars |
| An alleged epidemic of trespassers may be exaggerated by vested interests, according to Gill Barron. |
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| FORAGING |
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| Born to be Wild |
| Foraging can help feed people sustainably, says Miles Irving. |
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| Has Foraging Gone Too Far? |
| A crackdown prompts Daniel Butler to look into the law. |
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| Good King Henry and the Old Fat Hen |
| Historic weeds make tasty treats. |
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| A Hatful from the Hedgerow |
| John Wright’s new book leaves nothing out. |
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| A Sea Buckthorn Story |
| Willow Walker describes her discovery of this feral food from the dunes. |
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| If You Can’t Beat It, Eat It |
| Japanese knotweed for pudding, anybody? |
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| A Harvest from the Waves |
| Seacoaling has lessons for foragers, say Gill Barron and Simon Fairlie. |
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| More Borage than Porridge |
| Simon Fairlie thinks foraging is a load of hogweed. |
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| GOD’S OWN ACRES |
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| Adios to the Landed Clergy |
| How ‘glebe land’ was privatised - soon to be followed by the Land Registry. |
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| The Great Estates of God |
| Gloria Mundy explains how the Church of England acquired its land. |
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| A Tale of Tithes and Turnips |
| Gwen Vessey tells the story of an 18th century farming parson. |
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| Charity Begins in Church? |
| The Church Commissioners’ finances give Gill Barron a headache. |
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| Hunting for the Exit |
| Chris Smaje finds two conflicting strands in George Monbiot’s latest book. |
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| Sustainability After Development |
| Mike Hannis rescues a useful principle from a dense thicket. |
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| Ricardo, Rent and Rural Revival |
| Simon Fairlie connects up the economics of food and housing. |
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| Research, not Gambling |
| A reader calls for government funding of research into organic productivity. |
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| Cheese Sovereignty |
| David Asher spurns the corporate involvement in modern cheesemaking. |
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| London’s Growing |
| Felicia Ruperti has an update on the blossoming of market gardens in the city. |
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| CHAPTER 7 |
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| An Act of Folly |
| Simon Fairlie finds the new Housing and Planning Act heading in the wrong direction (again). |
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| Building Blocks |
| Community Land Trusts are the answer to unaffordable housing, as Fran Ryan describes. |
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| Perseverance Furthers |
| Hang in there, is Bill Lloyd’s advice to Travellers up against the planning system. |
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| Planning Update |
| Three low impact communities up for planning renewal - with mixed results. |
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| Reading Matters |
| A round-up of virtual reading resources. |
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| Announcements and Events |
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