Graham HarveyFeb 145 minGrass-fed milk – kinder to cows, better for peopleBack in the 1920s dairy farmers were under greater financial pressures than today. But an innovative farmer-engineer called Arthur Hosier...
Graham HarveyFeb 134 minPip Archer - My part in her storyIn trying to come up with storylines for the teenage Pip Archer, a character I didn’t know particularly well, I found inspiration in the...
Graham HarveyJan 233 minA love rememberedThe year 1984 was a big one for George Orwell and me. George imagined Big Brother and the Ministry of Truth. I imagined Elizabeth Archer...
Graham HarveyJan 202 minWho needs this technology?A plan to ease the rules on gene editing in food crop research is just about the last thing our countryside needs. The Government says...
Graham HarveyJan 165 minDrama and reality on the landThis country church, high on a hill-top in Worcestershire, England, has had a long connection with The Archers, the world’s...
Graham HarveyJan 122 minJoy at Bridge FarmDelighted to hear Natasha and Tom are expecting twins. It’s 25 years now since Tom’s brother John was killed in a tragic tractor accident...
Graham HarveyJan 55 minNo Finer Life - A story of hopeOur countryside is on the verge of momentous change. The Government has set out a plan to promote sustainable farming in Britain. For...
Graham HarveyDec 31, 20215 minEnchanted AmbridgeThe Archers’ version of Britain’s medieval mystery plays turned out to be strangely moving. To be honest I hadn’t expected very much. I’d...
Graham HarveyAug 30, 20213 minYoung love in AmbridgeBack in the 1980s I got the chance to write a week's trial episodes for the radio soap that had enthralled me since student days. I...
Graham HarveyAug 10, 20214 minThe Archers - A moment in historyThe countryside that inspired the world's longest-running drama was very different from the rural Britain we know today. It was mostly a...
Graham HarveyAug 4, 20213 minFarming mattersJust lately there's been a lot of media clamour about the Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm. The former Top Gear presenter has brought...
Graham HarveyJul 13, 20213 minRe-wilding the fieldsI've been visiting a farm with so much wildlife you could easily imagine it to be a nature reserve. How's this for starters – 137 bird...
Graham HarveyJul 4, 20212 minUnderneath The ArchersGreat to launch the Unbound campaign to get my new book published. I worked on The Archers for more than 30 years, as a script-writer and...
Graham HarveyJun 23, 20214 minSlo-mo catastropheGovernments come and governments go. Empires crumble. Dictators rise and fall. Divisive walls collapse. But through it all toxic,...
Graham HarveyJun 13, 20213 minFlower PowerWildlife campaigners are telling local councils they must think about wildflowers before they rush to trim their roadside verges. Right...