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Ian Vince

Ian Vince is an author and occasional writer of things for television and radio. He runs both
the British Landscape Club, an organisation which implores us all to "enjoy the view" and
the Department of Social Scrutiny. He part-owns a milk float and lives in Wiltshire.

October 2012

  • Lavenham

    Suffolk: furious about being called 'curious'

    Ian Vince
    Ian Vince: An advertising campaign that uses the slogan 'The Curious County' for this part of East Anglia has angered many, especially local Conservative MPs

September 2012

  • Cornish Chough at Lizard Point

    Stop. Look up, look down. There are natural wonders on your doorstep

    Ian Vince
    Ian Vince: You don't have to pedalo up the Congo for spectacle. As a new category of cloud is being called for, here are five more delights

August 2012

  • Stonehenge

    Shortcuts
    Stonehenge: a new dawn

    Work has begun on a project to make a visit to Stonehenge as awe-inspiring as the stones themselves – and to allow visitors to explore the majesty of the surrounding landscape

July 2012

  • President Reagan Laughing at Queen's Remarks

    Some good Anglo-Saxon values for Mitt Romney

    Ian Vince
    Ian Vince: If Romney wants to rebuild the special relationship, building on 'an Anglo-Saxon heritage', what might that mean, exactly?

June 2012

  • Tower Beach

    The joy of a proper picnic, rabbit poo and all

    Ian Vince
    Ian Vince: Those of us with picnicking at the very core of our being lay out rugs come rain, wind or snow. It's about the setting, not the food

May 2012

  • A man soaks up the sun outside the Bank of England

    Why I hate summer (and you should too)

    Ian Vince

    Ian Vince: We haven't had Springwatch yet and I've already got heat-based irritation. Why can't we accept hot weather doesn't belong here?

December 2011

  • stonehenge

    Why illuminating Stonehenge is an unenlightened idea

    Ian Vince
    Ian Vince: Introducing more light pollution to show off these ancient stones would only disconnect us further from the landscape they inhabit

September 2011

  • Cruella de Vil in Disney's 101 Dalmations

    liberty central
    People smoke – so why hide it in films?

    Ian Vince

    Ian Vince: You told us: The call to give films with smoking an 18 certificate is part of a trend of flawed initiatives to protect us from our foolish impulses

August 2011

  • waterstones book shop

    It's little surprise Amazon and authors are cutting out the middleman

    Ian Vince
  • MPs political satire

    Is satire dead, or does it just smell funny?

    Ian Vince

June 2011

  • Festival children

    Family-friendly festival? Be afraid, be very afraid

    Ian Vince
    Ian Vince: A festival is the least simple solution to the problem of keeping children entertained. If I were younger, it might all make sense...

May 2011

  • Giant's Causeway

    Britain's volcanic past

    Ian Vince
    Ian Vince: The gentle foothills of our landscape were shaped by every twitch and twist the Earth could throw at us
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