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          An online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.
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        • Calling Time by David Hinchliffe Bradford...he would dote on his beloved species and take up arms against others.
        • A photograph of the ancient yew at Fortinghall.The Fortinghall Yew by Karen LloydAnd she was gone, travelling back through the ages along the path to the twenty-first century.
        • Murujuga by Sally McEnallayOur history hides underneath, requiring forensic and patient excavation sometimes with tweezers and small brushes.
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    • Calling Time by David Hinchliffe Bradford

      …he would dote on his beloved species and take up arms against others.

      August 28, 2026
      Essay, The Clearing
    • A photograph of the ancient yew at Fortinghall.

      The Fortinghall Yew by Karen Lloyd

      And she was gone, travelling back through the ages along the path to the twenty-first century.

      August 11, 2026
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Murujuga by Sally McEnallay

      Our history hides underneath, requiring forensic and patient excavation sometimes with tweezers and small brushes.

      June 12, 2026
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Harry and Pierse by Hana Loftus

      What drew Becker to crouch in the fields day after day, obsessively documenting his neighbours as they worked?

      April 9, 2026
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Montol and Midwinter Light by Ysella Sims

      We wind through the streets, the rain giving way to the winds of the next winter storm.

      December 22, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • The Lost Dens of Leicester by Sharon Tyers

      Sixty years later, I often find myself deep within our den in my dreams.

      August 26, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Two New Poems by William Thompson

      I’ve seen everything there is to see:
      the ancient hammerheads;

      August 18, 2025
      Poetry, The Clearing
    • Shifting Sands by Ysella Sims

      Here is a photo of a couple telling their own story.

      August 13, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Between Sea and Sky – Rewilding Lewis by Ian Grosz

      The pier at the end of the road harboured a dredger and a few small work boats.

      July 29, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Some Miraculous Promised Land by Richard Gwyn

      In July 2021, I finally climbed Arenig Fawr.

      July 14, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Flights of Respair by Martin Maudsley

      The magic spell woven by moths that morning was utterly instant and completely captivating.

      July 7, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Flotsam by Robin Crawford

      Beavers, elk, wild ox, brown bear, lynx and wolf have all been driven from the river.

      June 25, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
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    THE CLEARING is an online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.



    Submissions

    The editors welcome original submissions in written, audio and visual genres. Submission should reflect The Clearing/Little Toller’s concern with the natural environment, but within this broad subject-matter we encourage a diversity of interpretation and approach.

    If you’d like to submit work to The Clearing, please email theclearing@littletoller.co.uk. Please refer to the submission guidelines. While we receive many submissions we will get back to you as soon as we are able.

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    Whats in the name

    Tollern river valley in West Dorset. Recorded in the Domesday survey as Tolre, derived from a Celtic word for stream in a hollow valley.

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