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How we lost our green and pleasant land, and how to take it back.
For centuries, England’s elite have covered up how they got their hands on millions of acres of our land, by constructing walls, burying surveys and more recently, sheltering behind offshore shell companies. But with the dawn of digital mapping and the Freedom of Information Act, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for them to hide.
Trespassing through tightly-guarded country estates, ecologically ravaged grouse moors and empty Mayfair mansions, writer and activist Guy Shrubsole has uncovered a wealth of never-before-seen information about the people who own our land, to create the most comprehensive map of ownership in England that has ever been made public.
From secret military islands to tunnels deep beneath London, Shrubsole unearths truths concealed since the Domesday Book about who is really in charge of this country – at a time when Brexit is meant to be returning sovereignty to the people. Melding history, politics and polemic, he vividly demonstrates how taking control of land ownership is key to tackling everything from the housing crisis to climate change – and even halting the erosion of our very democracy.
An inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more, it is time expose the truth and take back our green and pleasant land.
Guy Shrubsole works as a campaigner for Friends of the Earth and has written for numerous publications including the Guardian and New Statesman. In 2016 he started his blog Who Owns England.
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2019-06-02 2019-06-02 Europe/London Thinking on Sunday: Who Owns England? How we lost our green and pleasant land, and how to take it back. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2019/06/02/thinking-on-sunday-who-owns-england-195879 Conway Hall,25 Red Lion Square,London,LondonLocation
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