2025-12-12
34 分钟Welcome to Intelligent Squared, where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
For this episode,
we're rejoining for part two of our live event with co-host of The Rest is Politics, Rich Stuart.
Stuart joined us recently at Friends House in London to discuss the state of Britain and the world today,
with Caroline Lucas, the former leader of the Green Party.
Drawing on his new book, Middleland Dispatches from the Borders,
Stewart argued that to truly create a better future for all,
we must understand the tensions that exist between rural and urban,
between farming and the natural world,
between the need to preserve and to grow, and between local and national politics.
If you haven't heard part one, do just jump back an episode and get up to speed.
Let's rejoin the conversation now, live at Friends House in London.
I wanted to talk about rewilding
because I was so interested in one of the reasons that you cite for concern about rewilding.
And obviously you've explained that you don't just dump it somewhere,
it depends where it's the right place to do it.
But what really interested me was that you were saying that rewilding is not a gentle return to a natural past.
And the reason for that was not just because of concerns, for example, about food security.
But you say, because it leaves so little place for human culture.