Clarkson’s Farm star Jeremy Clarkson took some time away from Diddly Squat as he visited lager-making rival Alex James’ farm to attend his Big Feastival
Jeremy Clarkson was seen enjoying a Britpop lager as he took a break from Diddly Squat farm to enjoy creator and Blur star Alex James’ festival.
Jeremy, 65, was seen relaxing in the Cheese Hub at the rustic event, held in Kingham, Oxfordshire. Wearing a brown jacket branded with the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch logo, Jeremy was joined by celebrity chef Thomas Straker as he enjoyed a tipple of the rival brand to his Hawkstone lager.
The Big Feastival will see stars including Nelly Furtado, Faithless, Travis, Wombats and Sophie Ellis-Bextor perform for attendees across the weekend. Alex hosts the event on the grounds of his six-bedroom 17th-century farmhouse, which boasts 200 acres of farmland.
Alex will close the festival with his Britpop Classical set on Sunday evening as a live band and an orchestra join him on stage. Jeremy’s outing comes after a stressful few weeks for him at his Cotswolds farm, which led to calls from PETA to cease animal farming at his property following a “devastating” tuberculosis outbreak.
The Clarkson’s Farm star witnessed his animals devastated by bovine TB in recent weeks. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has now penned a letter to Clarkson encouraging him to abandon animal breeding and transform the site into a plant-based operation.
The correspondence, shared exclusively with the Express, stated: “Perhaps behind the bravado and banter lies a man who wants to find a better way. That’s why we’re writing to you today.
“We believe this could be a turning point for you and a golden opportunity to leave behind the violence of breeding and farming animals. Lean into your mushroom and vegetable farming and let Diddly Squat Farm evolve into a sanctuary for both you and the animals still housed there. No more killing. No more heartache.”
During a chat with Times Radio earlier this month, Jeremy confirmed the “dreadful” news regarding the outbreak. He revealed: “It’s awful, it is awful. You have a test every six months on the cows and then you sort of become blasé, it’s a hypothetical threat.
“And then the vet looks up as he did yesterday lunchtime and said ‘I’m really sorry this one’s failed’. So that means we’re now locked down and it’s just dreadful, absolutely dreadful.”
A post on X, formerly Twitter, stated: “Bad news from Diddly Squat. We’ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.”
The letter went on: “If Clarkson agrees to the plant-powered proposal, PETA would celebrate by making him the ambassador of its new website, BritishFarming.org, which encourages farmers, consumers, and policymakers to end animal suffering, protect the environment, and support rural communities by switching to kind, sustainable plant farming.”
TB can prove contagious to all mammals, including humans. Clarkson’s farm undergoes twice yearly TB testing as it sits within an “edge area” for the disease, meaning it serves as a buffer zone between high risk and low risk regions.
The illness, which has been known to devastate farming enterprises, primarily affects the respiratory system and can spread through nose to nose contact and via exposure to saliva, urine, faeces and milk.
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