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The cheesemaker down the road
From 'Binham blue' to 'Wells Alpine': How a Norfolk farming family, who were up against it with their dairy herd, decided to think differently
Sep 3, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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A game of give and take
Some thoughts on ponds, taxidermy, and commercial shooting
Aug 30, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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When a political radical released capercaillie in Norfolk
From abolitionism to capercaillie reintroduction, the very busy life of an 18th century brewer
Aug 27, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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The joy of restoring old ponds
Aug 13, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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Becoming a meat man
Aug 6, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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Make a toilet seat from a walnut tree
Aug 20, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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Have farmers had it too easy?
Aug 23, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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Roebuck worship and the strangeness of putting animals' heads on the wall
Jul 30, 2025
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When a political radical released capercaillie in Norfolk
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Have farmers had it too easy?
A young cattle farmer once told me that subsidies have done rural Britain no favours and in a sense, I can see what he means
Aug 23, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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Make a toilet seat from a walnut tree
A very involved celebration of the beauty of the wood
Aug 20, 2025
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The beloved English partridge
People need to do much more to save one of our most iconic farmland species
Aug 16, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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The joy of restoring old ponds
In the past 70 years, Norfolk has lost thousands of ponds but it doesn't take all that much to bring them back to life
Aug 13, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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The best fish I ever caught
The beauty of moving slowly through places full of stories and the fishermen's choir that no longer sing
Aug 9, 2025
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Patrick Galbraith
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Becoming a meat man
It all started by chance but selling venison to local customers is possibly the best thing I've ever done
Aug 6, 2025
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Tourists kill the places they love
On a forever changing world and that great travel writer, Norman Lewis
Aug 2, 2025
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