book review
A must-read for those who value the countryside
Thursday 20 May 2021
Dave Knight, CPRE Essex chairman, reviews a book that offers both a trip down memory lane and a warning that the provision of cheap food comes at a price It is very seldom I read a book of 286 pages in three days, but James Rebanks’s English Pastoral captivated me to do just that. […] Read more >
The trees that hold the secrets to our past… and our future?
Thursday 25 February 2021
Tricia Moxey, CPRE Essex vice-chairman, reviews a book that is both fascinating and concerning As a tree grows, it lays down an annual ring of new woody tissue just beneath the bark. The width of each ring will reflect the growing conditions of each specific year – wider in a year of warmth and rain, […] Read more >