Bestselling author Guy Shrubsole was formerly a campaigner and an investigator for Friends of the Earth. His previous book, Who Owns England? was described by Robert Macfarlane as “a formidable, brave and important book,” it exposed the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and laid out an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more.

Guy’s new book The Lost Rainforests of Britain is a mesmerising chronicle that will transform the British landscape as we know it.

After moving from London to Devon last year, Guy discovered an extraordinary habitat that he had never come across before: temperate rainforest.

Guy discovered over the coming months that Britain was once a rainforest nation. This is the story of a unique habitat that has become so denuded and fragmented, most people today don’t realise it exists. Guy shares his knowledge - from the Atlantic oakwoods of the Western Highlands, down through the Lake District, parts of the Peak District, Wales and into Devon and Cornwall to trace our unacknowledged, unmapped and undervalued rainforests, and shows how they might be restored to the places they once were.

"From the gnarled, moss-clad oaks of Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor to the forgotten rainforest gorges of north Wales, I’ve fallen in love with this magical habitat. Once upon a time, it may have covered a fifth of Britain. Rainforests permeate our culture in forgotten ways: my book will feature trespassing botanists, Welsh wizards, lichen geeks, Sherlock Holmes, Romantic poets, Celtic druids, rewilding commons and much else besides. I hope it will inspire readers into joining a new movement to bring back Britain’s rainforests."

Talk starts at 7:00PM
The Setting gallery, Three Storeys, Old Bristol Rd, Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

Cost: £5.00 - £7.50

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