Returning to shores closer to home, I was delighted to catch poet Paul Farley’s re-working of Michael Drayton’s seventeenth century poem in “The Electric Poly-Olbion”* on BBC Radio 4 yesterday afternoon. Particularly moving was Farley’s reminiscence on the lost Forest of Arden, once regarded as the most beautiful area of woodland in England: a reminder of the importance of conserving our national landscapes and biodiversity at a time when the present government proposes to sell off forest assets.
*www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vkp4v
Please see also http://the-green-man-project.blogspot.com for another post which may also reflect a re-awakening of the spirit of “Poly-Olbion”
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