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Country diary: Watching the cows, chewing on memories of protest and parenting

Woolton Hill, Hampshire: I visit an old friend in an old haunt, where a small herd of Shetlands has been set to work

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8

Samantha Harvey and Téa Obreht shortlisted for inaugural Climate fiction prize

The Orbital and Morningside authors join Abi Daré, Roz Dineen and Kaliane Bradley in the running for the £10,000 award, for inspiring ways to ‘rise to the challenges of the climate crisis with hope and inventiveness’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025

Country diary: This chalky old city gets under your boots

Winchester, Hampshire: This is a familiar haunt to me, a place of protest, hill-walking, and views over the River Itchen

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024

‘All this on our doorstep’: conservation and resistance on Gallows Down

The writer Nicola Chester views the Berkshire hill close to her village home as a focal point of belonging and guardianship towards nature

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022