Frontierlands - Britain's Survival in the Making

''Frontierlands'' are Britain''s forgotten places, ripe for reinvention. Once economic engines, they are the outposts that investors and the state have forgotten: silt-filled harbours, overgrown forests, sunken railway tracks and empty buildings. They are the symptoms of an ever more centralised country but they are home to local communities, and among these, pioneers, working together to repair and rebuild. Through inspiring storytelling, acclaimed journalist Hazel Sheffield takes readers on a journey that begins at the edges of Britain and travels inward via hoardings and railway arches, factories, streets and neighbourhoods to our homes. Moving from the South West to Gateshead in the North East, from Lancashire to London and the South East, she introduces us to the people who are acting to shape their own futures - people with first-hand knowledge of the problems Britain faces and with clear ideas how to make things better. This is a book of community spirit, regeneration, empowerment and hope. We will question our assumptions about the workings of the world and learn how we can build a different one, ready for the enormous upheaval on the horizon - challenging the frontiers of our own minds.

About the author

Hazel Sheffield is a business reporter and investigative journalist. Her work can be found in national and international publications including the Guardian, Follow the Money and the Financial Times. Before going freelance, she covered derivatives for Euromoney and worked as the business editor of the Independent. She left the Independent in the summer of 2016 to start a grant-funded project called farnearer.org, documenting self-organising communities and economic alternatives in the UK. After a decade of reporting, that work has come together as Frontierlands, her first book. She lives with her family in Hastings.

Product details

• Authors: Hazel Sheffield
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.02.2026
• EAN: 9781911709312
• ISBN: 978-1-911709-31-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 222 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social impact of environmental issues, Politics and government, Local government law, Political activism / Political engagement, Public administration / Public policy, Rural communities / rural life