Simon Barnes, the former Times chief sports writer and nature columnist, has joined British Wildlife magazine as a columnist. His first contribution will appear in this month's issue.
He left the newspaper in June after 32 years, claiming that its publisher, News UK, could no longer afford his wages.
In his first of his new columns, "The long term view", Barnes writes: "We need a bit of anger, a bit of radicalism, a bit of stridency... No more marginalisation: wildlife conservation needs to become a mainstream political issue."
British Wildlife, which has been described as "the pulsating heart of the UK nature conservation movement", was founded 25 years ago by Andrew Branson. It is now edited by the former managing editor of Ecologist, Malcolm Tait.
Source: British Wildlife
