BOOK OF TRESPASS (PB)

The vast majority of England - 92 per cent of the land and 97 per cent of its waterways - is entirely unknown to us because we are banned from setting foot there by the owners - media magnates, Lords, politicians and private corporations. This book takes us on a journey of civil disobedience into the thousands of square miles of rivers, woodland, lakes and meadows that are blocked from public access. Weaving together the stories of poachers, vagabonds, gypsies, witches, hippies, ravers, ramblers, migrants, and protestors, Nick Hayes argues that the root of social inequality is the uneven distribution of land.