John Clare: Peasant poet (of environmental loss)

Surely one of the most interesting of all environmental columnists is George Monbiot of The Guardian, who this week penned a luminous tribute to the great "peasant poet" John Claire.  Clare found great success in his youth, but saw his beloved coutryside divvied up by enclosure and, argues Monbiot, it drove Clare crazy. Into theContinue reading “John Clare: Peasant poet (of environmental loss)”