We get a quite a few people asking us if there is a recording of the full show. Really happy that we now have this one, which condenses a thousand years of history into nine seconds. Lovely job.
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Three Acres And A Cow – Organiclea – Chingford, London – 28/09/19
This event is now SOLD OUT – please consider coming to our next London show on 19th November.

What | Three Acres And A Cow |
When |
Saturday, September 28, 2019
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Where |
Organiclea (map)
Hawkwood Nursery
115 Hawkwood Crescent Chingford, London, UK E4 7UH |
Three Acres And A Cow – Quarterhouse – Folkestone, Kent – 06/09/18
Facebook event – https://www.facebook.com/events/316531048885794/
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Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Thursday, September 6, 2018
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Where |
49 Tontine Street
Folkestone, Kent, UK CT20 1BN |
Three Acres And A Cow – Unity Hall – Islington, London – 23/06/18
Facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/625894571082257/
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Saturday, June 23, 2018
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Where |
Unity Hall (map)
277a Upper Street
Islington, London N1 2TZ |
Three Acres And A Cow – Canon Frome Court – Ledbury, Herefordshire – 13/05/18
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/259116747963577/
Join us for a Sunday afternoon show at Canon Frome Court. Tea and cake will be for sale in the interval and the show will be followed by a tour of the farm.
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Sunday, May 13, 2018
3:00pm
- All Ages |
Where |
Canon Frome Court (map)
Canon Frome
Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2TD |
BBC ‘In Our Time’ on the Highland Clearances (51 mins)
I’ve posted links to Melvyn Braggs ‘In Our Time‘ podcasts/radio shows a number of times on this website but it has to be said that I’ve always been a little weary of them… something about the fact that the large majority of the guests are Oxbridge academics and the number of massively posh accents always leaves a little bell of warning ringing somewhere that I’m getting the official ruling classes imperial spin on history.
I remember having a post show email disagreement with one of Melvyn’s academic guests after their ‘Putney Debates’ show managed to completely ignore the issue of land during the civil war period which still seems a critical oversight from other things I’ve learnt and read.
I’ve had a number of people email me the recent episode on the Highland Clearances (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tc4tm) which seemed quite revisionist to my mind when I listened to it. I thought nothing more of it at the time, but then someone posted a fine response via Bella Caledonia which I think is worth bringing to your attention: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/03/11/in-our-time-but-not-in-our-voice/
Three Acres and a Cow – The Three Sisters – Edinburgh – 04/04/18
Tickets from https://threeacresandacow.co.uk/edinburgh
Facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/591089014574073/
What |
Three Acres and a Cow
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When |
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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Where |
The Three Sisters (map)
139 Cowgate
Edinburgh EH1 1JS |
Other Info |
Featuring Tim Ralphs, Roo Bramley and special guest poet Ruby Kelman
Online tickets: https://app.etickets.to/buy/?e=16196 |
Three Acres And A Cow – Caroline Street Social Club – Shipley, West Yorkshire – 16/03/18
Facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/530431097340364/
High res poster image for printing – https://threeacresandacow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/shipley-poster-high-res-1.jpg
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Friday, March 16, 2018
7:00pm
- All Ages |
Where |
Caroline Street Social Club (map)
Caroline Street
Saitaire Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK BD18 3JZ |
Other Info |
Hosted by Shipley Labour Party
More details TBA |
Calderdale Bootstrap presents – Trades Club – Hebden Bridge, West Yorks – 03/12/17
No advanced tickets, pay-what you-feel on the door.
2.30pm films // 5pm food // 6pm show // 9pm social
What |
Calderdale Bootstrap presents
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When |
Sunday, December 3, 2017
5:00pm
- All Ages |
Where |
Holme Street
Hebden Bridge, West Yorks HX7 8EE |
Three Acres And A Cow – The Old School Rooms – Hackney, London – 18/11/17
facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/1988656644738157/
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Saturday, November 18, 2017
7:00pm
- All Ages |
Where |
The Old School Rooms (map)
2 Powerscroft Road
Hackney, London E5 0PU |
Other Info |
more details soon
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Three Acres And A Cow – Graceworks – Leicester – 10/11/17
Facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/116709338998455/
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Friday, November 10, 2017
TBC
- All Ages |
Where |
Graceworks (map)
Wycliffe URC
The Common, Evington, Leicester, UK LE5 6EA |
Other Info |
more details TBC
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A cheeky selfie with Peter Linebaugh
We had the privilege of sharing a stage today with a hero of ours, the historian Peter Linebaugh… Here is a cheeky selfie of us in front of the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest.
Peter was a student of E.P. Thompson’s in the 70s and has written some wonderful books including ‘The Many Headed Hydra’ which I hope many of your will have read or know about…
Three Acres And A Cow – Rook Lane – Frome, Somerset – 26/10/17
Facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/153937371851547/
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Thursday, October 26, 2017
7:00pm
- All Ages |
Where |
Rook Lane (map)
Bath Street
Frome, Somerset, UK BA11 1DN |
Other Info |
Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street, Frome, BA11 1DN
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Three Acres And A Cow – Monkton Wyld Court – Charmouth, Dorset – 07/10/17
Make a day of it and come along to the LandBase Skill Share on Saturday 7th October. Full details here: http://land-base.weebly.com/events.html
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Saturday, October 7, 2017
7:00pm
- All Ages |
Where |
Monkton Wyld Court (map)
Elsdon’s Lane
Charmouth, Dorset, UK DT6 6DQ |
Other Info |
Make a day of it and come along to the LandBase Skill Share on Saturday 7th October. Full details here: http://land-base.weebly.com/events.html
Monkton Wyld Court, Charmouth, Bridport, DT6 6DQ |
Streetgoat presents – All Hallows Hall – Bristol – 13/05/17
tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-your-goat-street-goat-party-tickets-33652959909
facebook event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1314764418613851/
What |
Streetgoat presents
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When |
Saturday, May 13, 2017
TBC
- All Ages |
Where |
13 All Hallows Road, Easton
Bristol BS5 0HH |
Other Info |
More details soon
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Vegmead and Protestival present – Friends Meeting House – Bath, Somerset – 11/03/17
BBC Radio 4 farming programs on CAP and Westminster
There is a good series on BBC Radio 4 at the moment called ‘Against The Grain’. They are 15mins each and worth a listen.
Below are links to two of them i listened too and a few of my notes and comments
>>>>>>against the grain – farming westminster – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bb9wk
new labour = defra – word agriculture removed from government department – upset a lot of farmers and people who lived in rural areas
90s – grain mountains and food lakes – BSE – foot and mouth – farming perceived as a problem – farmers go on a PR offensive
farming a more important sector for french politicians even though it is still relatively small 2-3% of population
UK agriculture is tiny = 0.7% GDP produced by farming even though 70% land is farmed
an EU perspective – problem with UK is voting system first past the post leads to very little coalition government so marginal votes and voices such as farmers cannot make a difference
>>>>>>against the grain – the CAP years – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bb202
professor tim lang
1840s repealed corn laws fixing corn prices – decision made to import cheap food from the empire rather than support our own farmers = farming declined
WW1 shock can britain feed itself then 1920/30 recession again + WW2 – WTF
By 1947 never again – let’s support our farmers – subsidies = protecting farmers via productionist approach
over generously – horrific surpluses of food – export subsidies to get rid of the stuff
CAP bundle of contradictions – good vs bad
1960 70 80 bad for nature
since then = paying farmers to do some nice things whilst allowing them to be brutal
professor allan buckwell
CAP stop market intervention
change to pay farmers to provide things market wants but doesn’t pay for
CAP has kept people on the land longer – moderating or slowing rate of out flow from agricultural sector
to keep UK competing in the world commodity market you need scale no a few tens of acres
a tale of two halves
farmers given money for things they produce even if this is a disaster for nature
separating subsidies from production – environmental land management
CAP encouraged specialisation which brought problems around environmentalism and sustainability
CAP holds back the forces of consolidation and industrialisation
danish are farming mink – raised for fir – need high quality feed – dry warm nest
CAP to stabilise farmers income and prevent corporations taking over
small farmers are the lifeblood of the countryside
Three Acres And A Cow – RARA school – Hackney, London – 07/05/16
tickets – http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13797
What |
Three Acres And A Cow
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When |
Saturday, May 7, 2016
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Where |
Unit 2, Grosvenor Way,
Mount Pleasant Hill Industrial Estate Hackney, London, UK E5 9ND |
Tony Benn and Roy Bailey’s show ‘The Writing on the Wall’
Tony Benn and Roy Bailey used to tour a show called ‘The Writing on the Wall’ which has much overlap with the spirit, content and format of ‘Three Acres And A Cow’.
There is a newspaper review of one of the shows here and it can be found on iTunes, Spotify and many other virtual and real places… You might be able to stream it from the player below if you are lucky!
More info on Roy Bailey’s website but he has sold out of cds! http://roybailey.net/shop/items/writing-on-the-wall
Spring equinox at Embercombe near Exeter, Devon – 21/03/15
Tickets and more info via http://embercombe.org/events-and-news/the-green-stage/#bookings
What |
Embercombe
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When |
Saturday, March 21, 2015
7:00pm
- All Ages |
Where |
Higher Ashton
Exeter, Devon, UK EX6 7QQ |