The Green Belt: Contentious countryside

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week on We Are History, Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell look at the origins of the Green Belt, what is it and why do we have it? Spoiler alert, it’s not for holding up your green trousers. The Green Belt is a phrase we’ve heard politicians talking about forever, so we wanted to find out whose idea it was, how it has evolved over the last 100 or so years and how it affects the relationship between town and country. Reading List: Outskirts by John Grindrod Repurposing the Green Belt in the 21st Century by Peter Bishop, Alona Martinez Perez, Rob Roggema, and Lesley Williams Get all episodes a week early – when you support We Are History on Patreon: https://patreon.com/WeAreHistory Angela Barnes is on tour with her critically acclaimed, sold out Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Hot Mess’. Tickets are available here https://www.angelabarnescomedy.co.uk We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production. https://twitter.com/wearehistorypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.6	I'm John O'Farrell.
0:38.4	And I'm Angela Barnes.
0:40.7	I feel like I should put a bit of a disclaimer in this one, John,
0:43.7	because I don't know if you can hear from my voice.
0:45.8	But A, I'm recording this at home while you're in the studio.
0:49.7	Yeah.
0:50.6	And B, I've got the COVID, John, and it's rubbish.
0:54.2	So I might sound a bit rubbish. COVID, I've not the COVID, John, and it's rubbish. So I might sound a bit rubbish.
0:56.9	COVID, I've not heard of that.
0:58.2	Have you not?
0:58.8	It's this newfangled thing.
1:00.1	You should try it.
1:00.8	Everyone's doing it.
1:02.3	Oh, no.
1:02.9	Poor Angela, she's ploughing on like a proper trooper.
1:06.6	Even though she is down with the lurgy and has had a lot on her plate, but we're touring and everything, she's ploughing on.
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