92% of England is off-limits to the public. And 50% of the land is owned by 1% of the population. Most people in Britain believe they are free. But are we really?

 

Episode description and notes: In this episode of Rigour & Flow, we move between the personal and the structural to interrogate land ownership in Britain today. We start with the film 'Our Land' and its exploration of the politics of walking, before widening the lens to connect British land estates to global colonial histories.

 

Touching on the Right to Roam movement and contrasting rights of passage in Scotland vs. England, we ask: what does it mean to live in a country where you are legally a trespasser on most of the land?

 

This conversation is not just about countryside access or a "nice walk". It is about who is allowed to belong, how colonial logic reorganised itself into modern property law, and how community wealth building is being systematically stalled.

 

🎙️ In this episode:

 

• Landing British Realism: The myth of freedom in a country where 92% of land is inaccessible.
• The Right to Roam: The radical differences between Scotland and England and what they reveal about power.
• Colonialism at Home: How 1% owning 50% determines class, control and belonging in the British countryside.
• Indigeneity and Erasure: Why Western societies do not see themselves as indigenous and the discursive moves that separate us.
• Community Wealth Building: Why land ownership is the centre of long-term Black community security and survival.

 

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