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paulstevens24
- 21 hours ago
- 2 min
What price a game of footie?
Hot on the heels of the Open Letter from SOLVE Hall Farm to Helen Gordon, President of the Council of the University of Reading comes...
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colwatts145
- 2 days ago
- 4 min
University of Reading - Reputation at Risk
The following open letter was sent to Helen Gordon, the President of The Council of The University of Reading on 16 September 2022. ...
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paulstevens24
- 3 days ago
- 6 min
Is the tail wagging the dog?
Let’s start with a recent article published in Wokingham Today: https://wokingham.today/five-year-land-supply-council-vows-to-keep-fighti...
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paulstevens24
- Aug 15
- 5 min
Hall Farm: Nature generator or cash cow?
"Summers marked by more extreme heat, droughts and wildfires are the new reality in Britain as the climate crisis grips the planet,...
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paulstevens24
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Drought, what drought?
First, compare the colour of the grass in the foreground (un-watered) with the colour of the grass in the background (very well watered)....
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paulstevens24
- Jul 26
- 4 min
Agroecology matters!
At the recent meeting between SOLVE Hall Farm and the University of Reading I was slightly surprised to learn that of all our ideas for...
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paulstevens24
- Jul 14
- 6 min
A walk on the wild side.
The 7th July 2022, will no doubt be remembered more for Boris Johnson resigning as our Prime Minister than for anything else, but it was...
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paulstevens24
- Jun 24
- 5 min
Do you know your swales from your culverts?
A lot has been going on “behind the scenes” with the University of Reading (owners of the largest part of the land along the Loddon...
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paulstevens24
- Jun 12
- 4 min
ASB, ASC and the APM
So let's start with an image to give some meaning to the first of those acronyms. ASB stands for Anti Social Behaviour. The picture above...
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paulstevens24
- Jun 8
- 3 min
When is Green Belt not Green Belt?
It was a brief moment of celebration (for me at least) when the Conservatives lost their overall majority in Wokingham at the recent...
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paulstevens24
- May 24
- 4 min
Where do the Local Election results leave the Local Plan?
An interesting question, to which there is sadly no hard and fast answer. The Revised Local Plan Update as proposed by the outgoing...
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paulstevens24
- May 14
- 5 min
What makes a “Community”?
Sometimes I wake up and whatever it is that has been happening around me seems to form itself into a post for the Blog. Other times I...
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paulstevens24
- May 9
- 3 min
Interesting times
Following on from the Local Elections held on May 5th the make-up of Wokingham Borough Council is now: Conservatives - 26 Liberal...
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paulstevens24
- May 5
- 4 min
What's new?
Hall Farm is back in the Media (that is NOT new). The attendance at the University of Reading by SOLVE Hall Farm members last weekend has...
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paulstevens24
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Housing on the Election agenda?
The Conservative ruling group sanctioned the draft local plan which the Conservative Executive approved for consultation. It sets out...
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paulstevens24
- Apr 27
- 4 min
A glimmer of hope?
Finally! WBC and SOLVE Hall Farm agree! The climate emergency requires urgent and serious action. We even (almost) agree on how to deal...
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paulstevens24
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Say NO to 4500 houses on 5th May
The local elections on 5th May will be the best chance we have to voice our opposition to the imposition of 4500+ houses at Hall Farm in...
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paulstevens24
- Mar 29
- 2 min
A day out in Whiteknights :-)
Last Sunday was Mothering Sunday and my mum and I had a lovely visit to Harris Gardens. For those of you not in the know this is a part...
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paulstevens24
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Let's talk Politics
We have previously featured a flyer distributed by the Wokingham Conservative Association when they came out in opposition to building...
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paulstevens24
- Mar 17
- 3 min
Save Our Loddon Valley Environment!
How do you follow the great advice of the Governments own directives when Wokinghams Conservative run council wants to concrete all over...
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