Robin Grey

Alex is an old friend, inspired by Three Acres And A Cow to create this work and I am excited to give the piece it's first 'official' showing. There has never been a more prudent time to be learning about how people have historically fought back against tyranny in all its forms.

Next month I am putting on my first Sheffield event as a promoter, hosting Alex Etchart's Vientos Del Pueblo, a history of Latin American social movements in folk song and story. tickettailor.com/events/modifyt…

A couple of snaps from my and @EmmyBroughtoon's show at @GreenbankEaston last month. Thanks to the lovely May Kindred-Boothby for taking and sharing.

Farmer and strategist @emilymnorton writes in @FarmersWeekly, with some interesting suggestions to tweak the IHT reforms of Agricultural Property Relief. Personally I still think getting rid of the Rollover Relief loophole for Capital Gains Tax is vital to make this work.

I've got shows in Frome, Oxford, Bristol and Stroud this week if you fancy some live music to banish the blues.. tickettailor.com/events/modifyt…

It was an honour to meet the inspirational @MalalaYousafzai as she visited Parliament to discuss the importance of women’s rights and girls’ education in Afghanistan. Gender equality is a fundamental human right.

🚨 NEW: @narottammedhora and I used pretty much every #ddj tool at our disposal to map exactly what properties the King and the Prince of Wales own. Here's how we did it... /1 @thetimes thetimes.com/article/48e476…

As the dust settles after yesterday's reforming #budget2024, it's time to look at what the reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) from Inheritance Tax (IHT) actually mean, instead of the toys out of the pram reaction from a section of the farming community. A short 🧵 1/7

@JSYorks thanks so much :-)

omg best album ever (@rgrey): music.robingrey.com/album/stranger… I never get tired of this album.

Look what’s on sale at Labour Party Conference… “If the Labour government is serious about wilder National Parks, THE LIE OF THE LAND is the place to start” - @RoseONei11 @Campaign4Parks “If you care about our environment, read this book” - Prof Sir John Lawton

BREAKING: It's now got even harder to uncover who owns land in England & Wales. The Land Registry is more than *doubling* the cost of looking up who owns a parcel of land - meaning it would cost £168 MILLION to find out who owns England & Wales. 1/ gov.uk/government/new…

@guyshrubsole's excellent new book ‘The Lie of the Land’ is out this week. You can also catch him in person on tour this autumn too. Finishing reading my copy in a wooden cabin at the top of a rewilded Welsh valley on a rainy Sunday feels just about right!

This is an astonishing resignation letter from Mark Smith of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. We wait with bated breath for this extremely serious matter to be covered by all of the mainstream media & for government ministers to be rigorously questioned.

Full resignation letter from FCDO British diplomat Mark Smith:

Man hoarding £30b who moved to Monaco to avoid contributing £4b in tax complains that everything in the U.K. costs too much, public services are in poor state & he can't wear his watch in London. We can't afford billionaires.

It’s more important than ever to know exactly who Farage is 👇

The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵 1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower

1/6 🧵I’ve given a few talks recently about trans-Atlantic slavery in British history, to people who really don’t want to hear it. I don’t mean haranguing shoppers in Oxford Street, but talks to church, community and business groups comprised of small ‘c’ conservative White people who’ve been willing to hear me out, even if they find it uncomfortable. I’ve kept it factual and based it on two main databases: slavevoyages.org on British participation in the trans-Atlantic slave ‘trade’ and ucl.ac.uk/lbs/ on slave ownership. On every occasion, there have been two main objections. In case its useful for others, this thread sets out what they are, along with my own attempts to answer: