The book world is divided by the news that Baillie Gifford has withdrawn all of its sponsorship of literature festivals. While Greta Thunberg dropped out of the Edinburgh book festival last summer over its sponsorship from Baillie Gifford, not all environmental campaigners are in agreement. Author and conservationist Isabella Tree thinks that the boycott was “a cheap jibe” which will do more harm than good. Isabella Tree at the Wilding gala screening with director Dave Allen and Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallWilding follows Tree and her husband’s 25 year journey transforming the farmland on their Sussex estate into a rewilded habitat, teeming with natural life. “I think we’ve got to learn how to live with wildlife again”, Tree said after the film.
