The Land Issue 37

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OPINION
MAGA - Make America Go Away; Monarch of the Mudflats.
 
NIBS & SQUIBS
AI Hype Train Hits Buffers; He's No Ear-O; Well, Stone the Crows!; This Summer's Circles; PFAS Panic Bubble Popped?; Street Meanies Strike Again; Tomorrow's Farm.
 
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All In Good Time
Greg Frey suggests a different approach to revolution.
 
Something is Rotten
Jonathan Cook on Corporate Corruption in British Politics.
 
Common Knowledge
Jon Haidt on the dynamics of making change happen.
 
A Land for Every Purpose?
Various Views on the new Land Use Framework Report.
 
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Street Goat
Ursula Billington visits a nomadic urban farm thriving in Bristol.
 
On the Goodness of Goats
Gill Barron proposes a bio-alternative to fire engines.
 
No Bliss for Bovines
Greg Frey is shocked by terrible fencing on the common.
 
A Ride in the Lambulance
Farmer John Dawson ruminates on upland sheep-keeping.
 
Farming for Beginners
A wartime manual for novices could be useful nowadays.
 
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Irish Land Reform: A Brief History
David Seth Jones on 20th century rearrangements.
 
Rentiers Redux
Chris Smaje ponders the ancient problem of landlords and their -ism.
 
Allotments!
Deborah Burns has an answer to the availability crisis.
 
Let the Worms Do the Work
Making hot compost the way Maye E Bruce recommended.
 
Viva Vernacular
Bernard Rudofsky's classic essay on architecture without architects.
 
Invasion of the Skeuomorphs
Simon Fairlie objects to fakery in form and function.
 
Hermits, Take Heart!
Recent low impact planning appeal successes.
 
On Meddling
Some advice for urban planners, amongst others, from Lewis Thomas.
 
DARC and Dangerous
The Government's plan to use Wales for tracking spacejunk.
 
Travelling Lighter
Tom Barron's nostalgic return to the Appleby Horse Fair.
 
Quest for the RaFtafari
A fresh look at the River Gypsy lifestyle.
 
THE LAND BY NIGHT
 
Night Lights
Tim Deane takes time off from the day job.
 
Bauble Earth
Dave Goulson on the dangers to nature (and us) from artificial light.
 
Sky Swimmers
The night sky has Tom Barron under its spell.
 
Sunlight on Demand?
Luminous satellites are coming, warn the Dark Sky Association.
 
Well Met By Moonlight
Close encounters with badgers, as drawn by Eileen Soper.
 
The Lightbulb Revolution
How a megawatt vanity caused Ceaucescu's downfall.
 
Simply Solar
Tom Barron's guide to backwoods electrification.
 
Saving Daylight
Christopher Roper says there are better battery systems than BESS.
 
Funny Money and the Fake Food Fiasco
Chris Smaje debunks some dangerously bad ideas.
 
REVIEWS
The Great Plant-based Food Con; Our Land (Film); Israel - what went wrong?; The Coffe Table Book of Doom.
 
The Last Word: Gumption
RM PIRSIG on getting things done, Zen or no Zen.
 
The Last Last Word: Farewell
Gill Barron lets Claire Bretecher explain.
 

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