Tag Archives: Jeremy Clarkson

Trout, Clarkson’s lager and scotch eggs on a cathedrals walk

Posted on August 8, 2025 by insidecroydon

KEN TOWL, Inside Croydon’s regular walks guide, took a diversion last weekend, and with a group of old mates made a 20-mile pilgrimage between two of the finest medieval cathedrals in the world. They stopped at a pub or two … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s ‘townie’ MP Reed shouted down by angry farmers

Posted on February 26, 2025 by insidecroydon

Steve Reed OBE, the “townie” environment minister, was exposed as being out of his depth once again when he tried to give a speech to the annual conference of the National Farmers’ Union held in Westminster yesterday. The Labour MP … Continue reading →

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MP Reed’s farming cuts get Keir barred from Clarkson’s pub

Posted on September 14, 2024 by insidecroydon

Tories, environmental groups and a TV celebrity go on the attack as £130m cuts to rural budgets are next in Labour’s austerity plans. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Croydon MP Steve Reed OBE could be the real reason that his … Continue reading →

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Sheep return to Happy Valley with extra signs for dog owners

Posted on May 15, 2024 by insidecroydon

Conservation managers of one of Croydon’s sites of special scientific interest plead with public to behave responsibly when entering livestock areas Avid viewers of Clarkson’s Farm (other farming TV shows are available) will have picked up on the importance of … Continue reading →

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You can help save the bees, just like Jeremy Clarkson…

Posted on March 24, 2023 by insidecroydon

When even Jeremy Clarkson, the king of Britain’s petrolheads, says that we’re heading for an “insect annihilation”, then you know there must be something wrong. Clarkson, on his Amazon TV show Clarkson’s Farm, vowed to do something about the loss … Continue reading →

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