‘East to Eden’……. From ‘Wild Justice’……
by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 06 April 2025
‘East to Eden’…..
Shared from Robert MacFarlane’s Bluesky page….
“Grief, like an apple tree, grows crooked not straight.” Each year I mark the day when this little apple tree first flowers, & remember my friend the writer Roger Deakin, who brought it back as a pip from Kazakhstan, then died soon after. Full story here: “
https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/east-to-eden/
Roger Deakin & Robert MacFarlane - two exceptional writers - together.
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From ‘Wild Justice’……
“Good morning!
We're fans of Private Eye because of its edginess and because it speaks truth to power. That's what Wild Justice tries to do too. So we were keen to run a series of three advertisements in the Eye to raise our profile and attract some new subscribers to this newsletter. Our first advert, on gamebirds, was a cartoon by Edith Pritchett and it attracted lots of comments (although fewer new subscribers than we had hoped). We know that Wild Justice’s full-page advert was passed around in many conservation organisations and indeed in Whitehall. Who knows how many people, including decision-makers, now have a better insight into the vast numbers of non-native gamebirds released into the countryside as a result?We were surprised then, when Private Eye said that it wouldn't run our second and third adverts, especially as they gave no reason at all for this. They knew what they were publishing when they published it but they abruptly changed their minds. How odd! It's as though they were got at. It's as though they gave in to pressure from the shooting industry or some other vested interest.
It seems that Wild Justice is too edgy for Private Eye. That's a great disappointment, but also somewhat amusing.
Our next advert (another Edith Pritchett cartoon) will be placed elsewhere. It will be soon - and we'll let you know.
Wild Justice - too edgy for Private Eye?
Private Eye - too establishment for Wild Justice!
Thank you,
Wild Justice (Directors: Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay)"
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