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Under The Skin with Russell Brand

#167 Crossing boundaries and Reclaiming land (with Nick Hayes)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.815.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest is Nick Hayes! Nick is an author, illustrator, print-maker and political cartoonist. He has published four highly acclaimed graphic novels, each one in separate ways focuses on mankind’s relationship with the environment. I’ve just read his latest book The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines That Divide Us, that came out last year. It my favourite Christmas present! We discuss the nature of trespassing and the social, political and cultural impacts it has on us. We only have access to 8% of the English countryside, the rest is hidden behind walls and protected by private property laws. Why can’t we swim in a river? Or roam through a forest? Why do these laws exist and why aren’t they being challenged? Nick explains the history of how trespassing laws came into existence and what he is doing to change them with his Right to Roam campaign. Is private property law furthering the disconnection we have with nature and pushing it towards commodification? Has this also become a class issue, where nature and natural beauty spots are now reserved for those who can pay to access them? This is a particularly fascinating podcast that will hopefully inspire you to explore more and join Nick in his Right to Roam campaign. More Info: Join the campaign to open more of England's countryside to public access: www.righttoroam.org.uk Follow Nick on Instagram @nickhayesillustration & Twitter @nickhayesillus1 Support independent bookshops, by purchasing The Book of Trespass from here: https://labiblioteka.co/item/the-book-of-trespass http://lawyersfornature.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, Russell here. I'm excited to share some of my conversation with Nick Hayes with you for nothing.

0:04.8

Nick is an all-fair illustrator, printmaker. He wrote this brilliant book, The Book of

0:08.0

Tress Pass. It's my favourite Christmas present. He talks about all these things where he's

0:11.6

done some trespassing, how land rights are separating us from our land and how they're sort

0:15.0

of not arbitrary but kind of unexamined. Through his charity, right or organisation, right

0:20.4

to Rome, he's campaigning to open up more land for more of us to enjoy the countryside.

0:26.3

In this part of the conversation, which bit of the conversations we used, Jenga?

0:29.9

It was the bit of Brad Ho the pandemic has affected people's relationship with nature.

0:37.4

Why don't you say that in a more staccato way? Why don't you break up every single syllable?

0:43.0

I lost the note. People who have to fast forward that to understand it.

0:46.7

Like you got it. This bit already talks about the pandemic, isn't it?

0:50.0

This is a big hit. I can de-staccato it.

0:52.0

Yeah, I don't want you to de-staccato. I don't see why people should be protected from the truth of how

0:55.5

you communicate. Should they? No, leave it normal. Leave it how it was.

1:02.2

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