Country Notes
Splendid isolation
Patrick Galbraith laments the increasing loneliness of rural life
Blood on the tracks
Patrick Galbraith bags an unlikely deer: a roadkill roe buck
The red hand gang
Patrick Galbraith says field sports are a boon for male friendship
It takes all sorts
Patrick Galbraith on rural racism and the fear of outsiders
Grousing more
Patrick Galbraith says the rural vote is up for grabs
Not child’s play…
Patrick Galbraith says hunting would benefit youngsters
Pond life with Mum
Patrick Galbraith says water can be a great healer
Scotched salmon
Patrick Galbraith on wild food and ethical blindspots
Catch that pigeon!
Patrick Galbraith takes aim at an agricultural pest
The deer hunter
Patrick Galbraith tries to bag a muntjac
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
