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The Old New Again

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN My Friend Roger Watson’s well-intentioned but fundamentally flawed attempt to position Continuism as an innovative political philosophy in the pages of this magazine (‘Continuism’ June 20th 2025) reveals an exquisite irony: the more strenuously one attempts to distance oneself from conservative thought, the more thoroughly one demonstrates its inescapable logic. His manifesto, clothed in the modest attire of commonsense preservation, unwittingly conducts … Continue reading The Old New Again

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Response to Roger Watson’s Article: Terrain Theory Terrorists

BY RACHEL NICOLL Roger Watson’s article ‘Terrain Theory Terrorists’ is disappointingly emotive, labelling terrain theory as nonsense and quoting Wikipedia’s opinion that terrain theory is an ‘obsolete variation’ of ‘germ theory denialism’. Just because one article in Wikipedia says something is a fact, does not make it so. Roger Watson also makes some very sweeping, but unsubstantiated, statements such as ‘But the….doctors who adhere to … Continue reading Response to Roger Watson’s Article: Terrain Theory Terrorists

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Moorland Does Matter

BY IAN COGHILL Back in August I failed to notice that Steve Carver had written a lengthy attack on my book Moorland Matters, using Country Squire Magazine’s ‘right to reply’. He started with a complaint that the oft repeated claim that the UK holds 75% of the world’s heather moorland is incorrect and that saying that there is less heather moorland in the world than … Continue reading Moorland Does Matter

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Moorland DOES Matter

BY DR STEVE CARVER Steve Carver replies to Dominic Wightman’s review of Ian Coghill’s book “Moorland Matters”: It matters for a whole host of reasons including carbon storage, water supply, flood mitigation, biodiversity and wildlife habitats. For Ian Coghill it matters for grouse, and though he rarely shoots them himself (he’s not a rich man and is at pains to point this out) he has … Continue reading Moorland DOES Matter

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Right to Reply: Circus Debate

On February 22nd, Country Squire Magazine published an article about circuses by Dr Marthe Kiley-Worthington. It can be read here. In response, on the 24th February, we received the following reply from Artists United which represents Circus Performers: Please can we have a logical debate? There is a world of difference between the training and the keeping of equestrian and domestic animals and the wild … Continue reading Right to Reply: Circus Debate

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How We Should Live With Predators & Prey

BY DR STEVE CARVER When Peter Glenser, Chairman of the BASC, wrote an article for Country Squire Magazine entitled “Custodians of the Countryside” back in November of last year I felt compelled to reply. The magazine’s editors were gracious enough to give me a “Right to Reply” for which I am grateful. A few weeks later, Liam Stokes, Head of Shooting Campaigns at the Countryside … Continue reading How We Should Live With Predators & Prey

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Right to Reply: To Those Who Shoot

BY DR STEVE CARVER A week ago, our good friend Peter Glenser, Chairman of BASC, wrote this article for Country Squire Magazine. Of course, there are those who will always have a different point of view. Here at the magazine we are of the opinion that the magazine should be a platform for all countryside lovers and so here we let Dr Steve Carver of … Continue reading Right to Reply: To Those Who Shoot

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