A Festival Of Sustainable Farming in Hertfordshire

BY ANTONIA FILMER At the end of June the Cherry families hosted their ninth Groundswell Festival on their mixed farm in North Hertfordshire, this is the only UK event that encompasses the soup to nuts of regenerative farming and conservation agriculture. The point is to aid farmers and those curious about regenerative agriculture to discover more, and to build relationships with likeminded people; it had … Continue reading A Festival Of Sustainable Farming in Hertfordshire

countrysquiremagazineJuly 16, 2024July 14, 2024

Books

Cold War 2.0

BY ANTONIA FILMER The newly released book Cold War 2.0 completes the author’s 2023 trilogy, all three are connected by his take on foreign policy. Prof Nalapat is India’s first professor of geopolitics, since 1999 he has been the UNESCO Peace Chair at Manipal University, and has concentrated much of his effort at keeping peace between states in conflict. This last book is a feast … Continue reading Cold War 2.0

countrysquiremagazineSeptember 2, 2023September 12, 2023

Charity, Health

Remembering William Marsden the Compassionate Surgeon

BY ANTONIA FILMER At the end of 2022 Professor Sir Mike Richards gave a presentation at the Royal Free Hospital in North London. Sir Mike is currently working with NHS England to help implement a major expansion of diagnostic capacity and a new model of service delivery. He is also a trustee of Cancer Research UK and since April 2022 he was appointed as Chair … Continue reading Remembering William Marsden the Compassionate Surgeon

countrysquiremagazineMay 22, 2023September 4, 2023

Travel

Travels in India

BY ANTONIA FILMER For the first time in 35 years we are planning a Christmas abroad. The loss of our 30-year-old daughter from neuroendocrine cancer last June made the first Christmas at home without her an unbearable time. My husband, Charles, and I are Mr and Mrs Jack Sprat, he was born and raised in Kenya before joining the British army. I was born and … Continue reading Travels in India

countrysquiremagazineMarch 31, 2023

Books, Reviews

Journey of a Nation

BY ANTONIA FILMER Madhav Nalapat is no stranger to the English-speaking world and has been a contributor to Country Squire Magazine. In the Manipal University professor’s latest book, “75 Years of Indian Foreign Policy”, is found a concise yet comprehensive review of India’s past, present and future bilateral relations and multipolar ambitions since Independence in 1947. Nalapat has from the 1980s considered India to be … Continue reading Journey of a Nation

countrysquiremagazineSeptember 5, 2022September 5, 2022

Health

Homage to Ayurveda in the Malvern Hills

BY ANTONIA FILMER Nowadays good health seems to be all about the microbiome, an eco-system of trillions of microbiota which inhabit the human gut; each person’s microbiome is unique and requires thoughtful management to avoid the many illnesses that can result from poor digestion. Some symptoms of microbiome imbalance include, bloating, food intolerances, bad breath, IBS, acid-reflux, candida, fatigue, auto-immune conditions and depression; Hippocrates was an … Continue reading Homage to Ayurveda in the Malvern Hills

countrysquiremagazineJanuary 17, 2022February 16, 2024