From landing hulking catfish on the Zambezi to talking tackle with Ted Hughes, COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent looks back on seven colourful decades

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

All told, this week has been a bit of a roller coaster of emotions

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When our world fell silent, we found a new way to communicate

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top