The Lie of the Land, Guy Shrubsole
The Lie of the Land, Guy Shrubsole
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The Lie of the Land

Author: Guy Shrubsole

Narrator: Guy Shrubsole

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/12/2024


Synopsis

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2025 A WATERSTONES AND BEST BOOK OF 2024 'Both dynamite and medicine' 'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES ________________________________ The lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners care for the countryside. Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good stewards. But these same landowners have carelessly trampled over our best-loved landscapes, leaving the rivers polluted, fenlands drained, and moorlands burned. Guy Shrubsole has travelled across Britain to expose the lie and meet the communities fighting back to restore our lost landscapes. This is a bold, shared vision for our nation’s wild places, and how we can treat them with the awe and care they deserve. *Guy Shrubsole's The Lost Rainforests of Britain was a bestseller w/c 2023-04-30* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE UNWIN AWARD*

About Guy Shrubsole

Guy Shrubsole is an environmental campaigner and writer. He is the author of , an instant bestseller, and , which won the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation. For the past decade Guy has campaigned on the climate and nature crises, working for organisations ranging from Friends of the Earth and the Right to Roam campaign, to Defra. He lives in Devon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by India (IndiaReadsALot) on September 25, 2024

I have never read a nature writing book in my life and I have only read a small amount of current affairs books. I am frankly very new to reading non-fiction but this book was incredibly accessible, engaging, and emotive. I learned so much from these pages and it makes me want to go out and pick lit......more

Goodreads review by Becca on January 28, 2025

Amazing book that introduced me to the archaic system of land ownership in the UK. Until now I hadn't properly considered how wrong it is that the public is kept out from up to 92% of our land, with right to roam on only 8% in England, and how badly private land is mismanaged on the public's behalf.......more

Goodreads review by Normanreadmoreman on October 30, 2024

This book can help us reimagine our relationship with the land! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it’s very well written and was a great listen, despite the subject being infuriating at times. UK land ownership is highly undemocratic, with just 1% of the population owning half of it. For decades, much......more

Goodreads review by Mari on December 31, 2024

Landowners are not held to account despite receiving billions of pounds over recent decades to be what they claim to be, custodians of the countryside. This is The Lie, they are not custodians, they are responsible for the massive loss of habitats and species and yet successive governments have conti......more

Goodreads review by Howard on February 23, 2025

An interesting take on land reform and a call to arms for democratic efforts to tackle the ecological crisis in the UK.......more


Quotes

'Timely and rousing' The Times 'It couldn't be more relevant' 'A very, very good book' The Guardian 'A fascinating exposé' The i 'Urgent and essential' 'Exhilarating, insightful and bristling with rightful indignation' 'The unjust impositions of historic land ownership blight all our lives – here Guy shows why’ Chris Packham 'This unflinching, illuminating book manages to be ' Amy-Jane Beer 'What a book! Vitally important, and superbly written' ‘Shrubsole has ’ Roger Mortlock ‘A to reject the myth that private landownership delivers good stewardship of nature' Corinne Fowler ‘’ Patrick Barkham ‘If you care about our environment, read this book’ ‘This book ’ Nick Hayes '' Mark Avery ‘An eye-opening read, both alarming and uplifting in equal measure … ’ 'Compelling a timely and important book’ Geographical Magazine ' … bristling with energy and ideas' Martha Dillon ‘As England struggles with its post-Brexit identity, ’ Tim Lang ‘At once shocking and comforting, scathing and uplifting. A book on this subject shouldn't be so readable. ’ Sophie Pavelle ‘His articulate fervour, seasoned with humour, shouts from every page. He ’ Tom Heap ‘. An affirmation of another kind of rural life that exists within this lie, and all the possibilities that are open to us if we defy it’ Nicola Chester ' an essential place to start