Patrick Galbraith
@patrickgalbraith.bsky.social
Author of Uncommon Ground, 2025, William Collins
Columnist for The Critic & Country Life
Environment Correspondent for The Telegraph
Columnist for The Critic & Country Life
Environment Correspondent for The Telegraph
Over on Substack, I wrote about going to visit a cheese maker who lives down the road open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
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
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September 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Over on Substack, I wrote about going to visit a cheese maker who lives down the road open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Over on Substack I wrote about a tireless political radical who tried to introduce capercaillie to Norfolk open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
When a political radical released capercaillie in Norfolk
From abolitionism to capercaillie reintroduction, the very busy life of an 18th century brewer
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August 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Over on Substack I wrote about a tireless political radical who tried to introduce capercaillie to Norfolk open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
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reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's excellent Uncommon Ground for the latest Resurgence & Ecologist. I had too much to say about this book to squeeze into 600 words, so ended up a bit incoherent. But suffice to say: highly recommended.
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's excellent Uncommon Ground for the latest Resurgence & Ecologist. I had too much to say about this book to squeeze into 600 words, so ended up a bit incoherent. But suffice to say: highly recommended.
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3. "Another Rave Review" @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social
"The rules of the UK’s outdoor rave scene are simple: Keep the secret. Arrive in darkness. Don’t post on socials. Leave before the police arrive."
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"The rules of the UK’s outdoor rave scene are simple: Keep the secret. Arrive in darkness. Don’t post on socials. Leave before the police arrive."
www.the-fence.com/another-rave...
Another Rave Review
Police in Helicopter
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August 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
3. "Another Rave Review" @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social
"The rules of the UK’s outdoor rave scene are simple: Keep the secret. Arrive in darkness. Don’t post on socials. Leave before the police arrive."
www.the-fence.com/another-rave...
"The rules of the UK’s outdoor rave scene are simple: Keep the secret. Arrive in darkness. Don’t post on socials. Leave before the police arrive."
www.the-fence.com/another-rave...
Over on substack I wrote about making toilet seats out of English walnut
A worthy end for beautiful timber open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
A worthy end for beautiful timber open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Make a toilet seat from a walnut tree
A very involved celebration of the beauty of the wood
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August 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Over on substack I wrote about making toilet seats out of English walnut
A worthy end for beautiful timber open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
A worthy end for beautiful timber open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Over on substack I wrote about the need to do so much more the grey partridge, and why it matters open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
The beloved English partridge
People need to do much more to save one of our most iconic farmland species
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August 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Over on substack I wrote about the need to do so much more the grey partridge, and why it matters open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
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Also featuring writing from Clive Martin, Jade Angeles Fitton, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @williamasclarke.bsky.social, @henrywismayer.bsky.social, Tom Parker Bowles, @bronmaher.bsky.social, @franciscogarciadf.bsky.social, William Hanson and Katy Hessel.
August 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Also featuring writing from Clive Martin, Jade Angeles Fitton, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @williamasclarke.bsky.social, @henrywismayer.bsky.social, Tom Parker Bowles, @bronmaher.bsky.social, @franciscogarciadf.bsky.social, William Hanson and Katy Hessel.
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The Pub Is Finally Open!
With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.
Available at all bookstores & the link below 🍺
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...
With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.
Available at all bookstores & the link below 🍺
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...
August 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The Pub Is Finally Open!
With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.
Available at all bookstores & the link below 🍺
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...
With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.
Available at all bookstores & the link below 🍺
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...
“In the past 70 years, Norfolk has lost some 8000 ponds”
Over on substack, I wrote about the joy or restoring centuries old ponds
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Over on substack, I wrote about the joy or restoring centuries old ponds
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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
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August 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“In the past 70 years, Norfolk has lost some 8000 ponds”
Over on substack, I wrote about the joy or restoring centuries old ponds
open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Over on substack, I wrote about the joy or restoring centuries old ponds
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Over on substack, I wrote about the best fish I ever caught
“There is something about fishing that makes you move slowly and look properly — even if it’s only later that you come to really appreciate what you saw”
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“There is something about fishing that makes you move slowly and look properly — even if it’s only later that you come to really appreciate what you saw”
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August 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Over on substack, I wrote about the best fish I ever caught
“There is something about fishing that makes you move slowly and look properly — even if it’s only later that you come to really appreciate what you saw”
open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
“There is something about fishing that makes you move slowly and look properly — even if it’s only later that you come to really appreciate what you saw”
open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
“They lived on the edge – they are part of that rural underclass that urban Britain cannot see.”
Over on Scribehound, I wrote about the madness of Sycamore Gap
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Over on Scribehound, I wrote about the madness of Sycamore Gap
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Scribehound
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August 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“They lived on the edge – they are part of that rural underclass that urban Britain cannot see.”
Over on Scribehound, I wrote about the madness of Sycamore Gap
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Over on Scribehound, I wrote about the madness of Sycamore Gap
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
“But which field was it shot in?”
Over on substack, I wrote about the immense joy of selling venison locally open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Over on substack, I wrote about the immense joy of selling venison locally open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Becoming a meat man
It all started by chance but selling venison to local customers is possibly the best thing I've ever done
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August 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“But which field was it shot in?”
Over on substack, I wrote about the immense joy of selling venison locally open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Over on substack, I wrote about the immense joy of selling venison locally open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...
Why do people put deer heads up on the wall and are they just hippies, in a roundabout way?
Head over to substack for my thoughts
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Head over to substack for my thoughts
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Roebuck worship and the strangeness of putting animals' heads on the wall
Why trophy hunters might just be hippies in a roundabout way
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July 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Why do people put deer heads up on the wall and are they just hippies, in a roundabout way?
Head over to substack for my thoughts
open.substack.com/pub/patrickg...
Head over to substack for my thoughts
open.substack.com/pub/patrickg...
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I finished this book today and I strongly recommend that everyone with even a fraction of an interest in the countryside should either read it or listen to it as an audio book.
Patrick Galbraith has covered the subject of countryside access from every conceivable angle. 🧵
Patrick Galbraith has covered the subject of countryside access from every conceivable angle. 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I finished this book today and I strongly recommend that everyone with even a fraction of an interest in the countryside should either read it or listen to it as an audio book.
Patrick Galbraith has covered the subject of countryside access from every conceivable angle. 🧵
Patrick Galbraith has covered the subject of countryside access from every conceivable angle. 🧵
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Issue 24 is here 🛏️
www.the-fence.com/shop
With writing from @bronmaher.bsky.social, @evawiseman.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, Sophie Wilkinson, John Phipps, Ray Philip, Clare Considine & many more. Cover by Nishant Choksi.
www.the-fence.com/shop
With writing from @bronmaher.bsky.social, @evawiseman.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, Sophie Wilkinson, John Phipps, Ray Philip, Clare Considine & many more. Cover by Nishant Choksi.
July 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Issue 24 is here 🛏️
www.the-fence.com/shop
With writing from @bronmaher.bsky.social, @evawiseman.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, Sophie Wilkinson, John Phipps, Ray Philip, Clare Considine & many more. Cover by Nishant Choksi.
www.the-fence.com/shop
With writing from @bronmaher.bsky.social, @evawiseman.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, Sophie Wilkinson, John Phipps, Ray Philip, Clare Considine & many more. Cover by Nishant Choksi.
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Looking forward to @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social at FORUM Books talking #UncommonGround - vital, engaging & highly relevant to our Northumberland community 💚 we’d love to see you there!
🗓️ Mon 9 June
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🗓️ Mon 9 June
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June 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Looking forward to @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social at FORUM Books talking #UncommonGround - vital, engaging & highly relevant to our Northumberland community 💚 we’d love to see you there!
🗓️ Mon 9 June
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/f...
🗓️ Mon 9 June
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/f...
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🏺 I always find @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social 's perspectives on things challenging and refreshing, in the best way.
There's a lot in this review for anyone interested in human relations to & engagement with land, including the archaeological (in its many senses)
There's a lot in this review for anyone interested in human relations to & engagement with land, including the archaeological (in its many senses)
I reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's magnificent new book, UNCOMMON GROUND. "No-one that I know of matches Galbraith’s rangy, restless, itinerant curiosity about what’s over that fence, who lives here, what this or that fellow thinks about things." engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...
Countryside writing's rebirth
In the writing of Patrick Galbraith, country life has won the observer and interpreter it needs.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🏺 I always find @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social 's perspectives on things challenging and refreshing, in the best way.
There's a lot in this review for anyone interested in human relations to & engagement with land, including the archaeological (in its many senses)
There's a lot in this review for anyone interested in human relations to & engagement with land, including the archaeological (in its many senses)
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Last summer I reviewed 'Wild Service', an anthology/manifesto from the Right to Roam camp (who have not, let's say, responded positively to Galbraith's book). engelsbergideas.com/reviews/walk...
May 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Last summer I reviewed 'Wild Service', an anthology/manifesto from the Right to Roam camp (who have not, let's say, responded positively to Galbraith's book). engelsbergideas.com/reviews/walk...
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Getting Deep into Land Access Issues with @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social.
➡️ Full episode pinned in my profile. 🎧
➡️ Full episode pinned in my profile. 🎧
May 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Getting Deep into Land Access Issues with @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social.
➡️ Full episode pinned in my profile. 🎧
➡️ Full episode pinned in my profile. 🎧
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I reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's magnificent new book, UNCOMMON GROUND. "No-one that I know of matches Galbraith’s rangy, restless, itinerant curiosity about what’s over that fence, who lives here, what this or that fellow thinks about things." engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...
Countryside writing's rebirth
In the writing of Patrick Galbraith, country life has won the observer and interpreter it needs.
engelsbergideas.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's magnificent new book, UNCOMMON GROUND. "No-one that I know of matches Galbraith’s rangy, restless, itinerant curiosity about what’s over that fence, who lives here, what this or that fellow thinks about things." engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...
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Are we being locked out of the countryside, or is land access more nuanced? How can we balance the needs of farmers, conservationists and recreational users? In his new book, 'Uncommon Ground', @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social takes on this contentious topic.
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/2d7a91
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/2d7a91
May 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Are we being locked out of the countryside, or is land access more nuanced? How can we balance the needs of farmers, conservationists and recreational users? In his new book, 'Uncommon Ground', @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social takes on this contentious topic.
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/2d7a91
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/2d7a91
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In the writing of @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, country life has won the observer and interpreter it needs.
Countryside writing’s rebirth | @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...
Countryside writing’s rebirth | @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...
Countryside writing's rebirth
In the writing of Patrick Galbraith, country life has won the observer and interpreter it needs.
engelsbergideas.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In the writing of @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, country life has won the observer and interpreter it needs.
Countryside writing’s rebirth | @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...
Countryside writing’s rebirth | @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...
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I'll be hosting @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social on behalf of @thebookery.bsky.social this coming Thursday, when I'll be trying to maintain order as we discuss land access, nature and our relationship with the countryside around us.
Come along and be part of it.
Come along and be part of it.
May 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'll be hosting @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social on behalf of @thebookery.bsky.social this coming Thursday, when I'll be trying to maintain order as we discuss land access, nature and our relationship with the countryside around us.
Come along and be part of it.
Come along and be part of it.
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Happy publication day to Patrick McCabe's Goldengrove, out now (unbound.com/products/gol...)
A perfect time to revisit the brilliant piece Pat wrote for us, on the joy and terror of seeing his 1992 masterpiece, The Butcher Boy, get turned into a major film: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/when-holly...
A perfect time to revisit the brilliant piece Pat wrote for us, on the joy and terror of seeing his 1992 masterpiece, The Butcher Boy, get turned into a major film: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/when-holly...
When Hollywood puts your darlings on the block
The Irish novelist, Pat McCabe, on the joy and terror of seeing his 1992 masterpiece, The Butcher Boy, get turned into a major film
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May 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy publication day to Patrick McCabe's Goldengrove, out now (unbound.com/products/gol...)
A perfect time to revisit the brilliant piece Pat wrote for us, on the joy and terror of seeing his 1992 masterpiece, The Butcher Boy, get turned into a major film: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/when-holly...
A perfect time to revisit the brilliant piece Pat wrote for us, on the joy and terror of seeing his 1992 masterpiece, The Butcher Boy, get turned into a major film: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/when-holly...
Delighted with these reviews of my new book on land access
Last weekend, the FT said that “a nuanced look at this white-hot debate and the often-unheard voices affected by it was overdue”
If you haven’t bought a copy, hit up Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/uncommo...
Last weekend, the FT said that “a nuanced look at this white-hot debate and the often-unheard voices affected by it was overdue”
If you haven’t bought a copy, hit up Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/uncommo...
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Delighted with these reviews of my new book on land access
Last weekend, the FT said that “a nuanced look at this white-hot debate and the often-unheard voices affected by it was overdue”
If you haven’t bought a copy, hit up Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/uncommo...
Last weekend, the FT said that “a nuanced look at this white-hot debate and the often-unheard voices affected by it was overdue”
If you haven’t bought a copy, hit up Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/uncommo...