Why it works

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

The warm yellow glow of the golden hour – the brief period of time just before the sun sets or just after it rise – never fails to evoke some combination of awe, quiet reflection, nostalgia, tranquili

The best of the season to inspire and admire

Jim Perrin conjures more Eryri magic, folding time on a lesser-known scramble to Wales’ highest peak

I have been recommended the West Highlands of Scotland as a great source of inspiring landscape for as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until early September last year that my wife and I finally