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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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      • Mono by Laura Parker

        In midsummer we march between the stiffly regimented wheat across a level horizon.

        October 26, 2026
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Trophies by Graham Mort

        Swifts have been returning to the village for centuries.

        October 8, 2026
        Essay, The Clearing
      • 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
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