Published on 8th July 2021

7 min read

The Northern Meadows, one of the last wild spaces in Cardiff, is under threat from a multi-million-pound development. In this climate- and Covid-anxious age, Sophie Standen talks to the urban Cardiff community campaigning to save the Meadows.

Sophie Standen

Sophie is a freelance writer and PhD student researching the role of power and politics within fisheries and ocean governance. Based in Lancaster, you can find her usually hiking in the Lake District or mostly failing to surf on the South Wales coastline. Sophie lived in Spain for a few years before moving to Denmark to study and work. She returned to the UK this year.