I co-founded Friends of the River Wye with a bunch of concerned local people. This is the story of how we formed and what we do. Written for Artistraw Cider’s second issue of their magazine Shrewminations in Spring/Summer 2024.
The campaigner and TV presenter has been attacked as an “eco-zealot”, but such criticism only fuels his determination to fight for nature. Written for the New Humanist’s Summer 2024 issue.
Climate activists who block roads or factory gates are falling foul of court orders. Is this a fair use of the law – or are private interests guiding decisions? Written for Prospect’s August/September 2024 issue.
From free range to intensive farming, we need honest labelling on meat products so we know what we’re buying. Written for New Humanist’s Winter 2023 issue.
Nature is struggling inside many of the UK’s national parks. Can one – Bannau Brycheiniog, in Wales – revive it, and bring wildlife back from the brink? Written for Prospect’s November 2023 issue.
We only talk about getting parents back to work – what about what's best for their kids?
We are facing a childcare crisis but there’s a crucial voice missing from this debate — the babies and toddlers whose care is at stake. Dare we ask what’s best for them?
This feature was published in the Sep/Oct 2022 issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine.
Andrea Arnold’s documentary Cow prompts a deeper look into the dairy industry.
This feature was published in the Spring 2022 edition of the New Humanist
Television explorer Bruce Parry has trekked the Arctic and lived with Amazonian tribes. But can he build a community in rural Wales?
I suffered from pregnancy sickness in both of my pregnancies. When I was lying under my duvet, tasting bile, I swore that when I felt better, I would work to get rid of the phrase ‘morning sickness’. I’ve founded the ‘Not Morning Sickness’ campaign, together with journalist and campaigner Charlotte Howden, to call an end to this farrago. We’re asking people to stop saying ‘morning sickness’ and to call it ‘pregnancy sickness’ instead.