Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest & best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, & an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more. This book has been a long time coming. Since 1086, in fact. For centuries, England’s elite have covered up how they got their hands on millions of acres of our land, by constructing walls, burying surveys & more recently, sheltering behind offshore shell companies. But with the dawn of digital mapping & the Freedom of Information Act, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for them to hide.

Trespassing through tightly-guarded country estates, ecologically ravaged grouse moors and empty Mayfair mansions, writer and activist Guy Shrubsole has used … More