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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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      • Provenance by Anjana Khatwa

        As my fingers stroked the gnarled surface of this ancient branch, I heard its secret whisper.

        March 1, 2022
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Something in the Air by Vron Ware

        A few days ago I unearthed an old folder containing material from the road protest movements of the early-mid 1990s.

        February 22, 2022
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Confluence by Jane Lovell

        Unlike the birds, we seem to be at odds with the current, the flow, the speed of change.

        February 21, 2022
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Place, Protest and Belonging by Nicola Chester

        How do we belong to a place, a landscape, or anywhere? How do we belong to more than one place in the world?

        February 14, 2022
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Sacred Mountain by Ian Grosz

        I become only breath; movement; the sound of my feet crunching along the trail, vaguely aware of the dawn chasing behind me.

        February 4, 2022
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Laxton: Some Views by David E. James and Mike Jackson

        Everywhere, except at Laxton, these open fields and the untilled commons have been divided and enclosed.

        January 31, 2022
        Essay, The Clearing
      • A Pink and A Blue Field and A Form by Mark Goodwin

        we stride across
        a snow-rosy
        crust our steps

        January 6, 2022
        Poetry, The Clearing
      • The Mist at Wolf Cleugh by Bran Graeme Nairne

        Further exploration north of Stanhope reveals a landscape knotted with old scar tissue.

        December 13, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Hedge by Michelle Werrett

        Walking along this lane, I was aware the mud I trampled through held the memory of Audrey’s footprints.

        December 13, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Leavings by Melanie Viets

        The kids carry in well water for the baths and the cranky, gas-powered washing machine.

        November 25, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
      • An audience with Richard Mabey

        A filmed conversation with Richard Mabey to launch the Library.

        November 17, 2021
        Film, The Clearing
      • Landlocked by Francesca Brooks

        There is a dampness that sustains the teeming, liveliness of life on every surface of this landscape.

        November 15, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
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