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WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2025
A WATERSTONES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2024
'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER
'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES
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The lie of the land: that Britain's landowners care for the countryside.
Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to…
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In his previous book "The Lost Rainforests of Britain", Guy Shrubsole has almost single-handedly raised public awareness of the temperate rainforests we have in Britain – often in damp microclimates where a deep gorge creates the right conditions. I went straight on to "The Lie of the Land" (clever title) - an angrier but equally informative book that looks at who owns land in Britain (the wealthiest 1% owns 50% of it), what they do with it, and how they deny access to the rest of us.
Shrubsole is outraged about the (mis)management of huge areas of moorland for grouse…
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