Derek vs Derek

I went to see James Dawson’s Derek vs Derek the other night and I loved it! James Dawson has pulled off that rare trick of making an entertaining film about an important social issue. The film tackles the loss of biodiversity in the English countryside beautifully: often looking like an Attenborough nature documentary. Derek vs Derek has the quiet humour of an episode of Mortimer and Whitehouse gone fishing but portrays the complexity of the issues surrounding intensive farming.  One of my favourite moments involves Linda’s, (Derek Banbury’s wife)  cheerful or rueful admission that her n…