@BushMagic

Travel Writer & Author. AITO Travel Writer of the Year 2022. Author/Co-author/Ghostwriter of eight books. FRGS MITG. Royal Literary Fund Fellow

 England, United Kingdom
richardmadden.co.uk
Joined July 2012
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Delighted to see my two @NTBooks in the top 30 best-selling travel books on Amazon. And poor old @MichaelPalin10 only just about scraping into the top 40!!
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"WTF?!" said Badger, Ratty, Toad and Mole. We live in one of the most nature-depleted lands. It doesn't have to be this way. Sign up for the National Day of Action for Nature 🌿 #VoteForNature vote-for-nature.org #VoteForNature

"WTF?!" said Badger, Ratty, Toad and Mole

We live in one of the most nature-depleted lands. It doesn't have to be this way. We can build 3 million+ homes without touching any green spaces.

vote-for-nature.org
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Linda Hill@Lindahill50HillFeb 5
My huge thanks to Elinor Fewster (I think) and @HarperCollinsUK (I think) for this glorious surprise set of @nationaltrust books from @BushMagic @DaveGoulson Robyn Booth and Linda Collister in all my favourite subjects. All out this Spring!
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Replying to @Lindahill50Hill @HarperCollinsUK @nationaltrust @DaveGoulson
Thanks for the mention Linda! 😎
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On Tuesday Feb 10, Parliament will debate the Governments vision for the water sector. I don't think it will go anywhere near far enough to end sewage pollution. Ask your MP to attend the debate and support MPs calling for better from our water system. share.nwmd.social/s/9kzuD0px

Ask your MP to attend a debate on sewage

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Replying to @MirandaFrance1
Can’t wait to finally find out, Miranda!
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Botswana elephant hunting under scientific review africageographic.com/stories…

Botswana elephant hunting under scientific review

A new Elephants Without Borders report reviews Botswana’s elephant hunting system, scrutinising quotas, transparency & risks to mature bulls

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👍 theguardian.com/music/2025/d…

Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1

Lullaby features Palestinian singer, lyrics written by Peter Gabriel and artists including Eno and Celeste

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“Against this backdrop, I wrote and I wrote...” open.substack.com/pub/royall…
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The Dirty Truth, REVEALED createsend.com/t/j-BFD4056B3…
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Replying to @Greg_Dickinson
@Greg_Dickinson The rise, fall and possible resurrection of Britain’s greatest lost pier telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/…

The rise, fall and possible resurrection of Britain’s greatest lost pier

Once a jewel of the British seaside, Brighton’s West Pier has been a ruin for decades. But some still hope it could rise from the ashes

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The free press fights back... open.substack.com/pub/brolig…
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Which?@WhichUK23 Sep 2025
After more than a year of campaigning against poor practices in the insurance industry, Which? is today making a super-complaint to industry regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). which.co.uk/news/article/whi…
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⁦@GeorgeMonbiot⁩ was saying this years ago. Common sense seems to be in a critical condition. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris...

Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham

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Delighted to see I’m in the running to be the next James Bond. The name’s Madden… theguardian.com/film/2024/ma…

Keoghan, Madden, James Martin: who should be James Bond, if Aaron Taylor-Johnson is out?

Idris Elba has been waiting in the wings for years but perhaps the time has come for Matt Smith, Henry Golding … or a certain TV chef

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F*****g unbelievable! theguardian.com/environment/…

Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes in England

MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds

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Fascinating facts you might not know about the Royal Literary Fund open.substack.com/pub/royall…
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Save Audio Drama at the BBC - Sign the Petition! chng.it/rp4pJ5VmkT via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

Save Audio Drama at the BBC

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Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers theguardian.com/books/2025/a…

Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers

As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?

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Hear! Hear! theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I...

It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates

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