Tag: countryside

The Countryside Code for racists

IT WAS left to national treasure and veteran TV presenter John Craven to publicly reveal what for a long time has been an open secret: the British countryside is hideously and systemically racist. The fact that there are still some individuals who believe that the great outdoors is accessible for all parts of society is, […]

What’s next for our racist countryside?

AS TCW  has reported, Wildlife and Countryside Link, a charity umbrella group whose members include the RSPCA, Rewilding Britain, WWF and the National Trust, have claimed that the British countryside is a ‘racist and colonial’ white space where people of colour are often framed as ‘out of place’. TCW has seen a draft version of proposed demands to […]

The white hell of Britain’s racist, colonial countryside

EVERY now and again an academic report lands that hits the nail on the head*. Britain’s countryside is a ‘racist, colonial’ white space where people of colour are often framed as ‘out of place’, the Daily Mail ran in its pages on Thursday. The Telegraph and other publications ran the same. These days it’s tricky passing a hedgerow without […]