The lecture entitled 'Reclaiming the Countryside' will be held on Thursday 13 May at 7.30pm. Graham Harvey studied agriculture before joining Farmers Weekly as a reporter and feature writer. In the late 1970s he left to become a freelance writer specialising in countryside, food and environmental issues. His book The Killing of the Countryside was published to critical acclaim in 1997, and was winner of the BP Natural World Book Prize.
Admission is free and members of the public are welcome.
The lecture will be held in the Lecture Theatre Building. For more information, please contact Dr Jules Pretty at the Centre for Environment and Society at the University on 01206 873320. The Burrows Lecture is held annually at the University of Essex. It was established in 1966 as the result of a gift from Major J H Burrows, who was a proprietor and Managing Director of the Southend Standard group of newspapers. In making his gift, Major Burrows asked that the subject of each lecture has some relevance to the County of Essex.