Remastering a master brian wildsmith

What did you find most surprising about moving to the UK at the age of eight? The UK was a far-flung and exciting-sounding place I’d heard of as a boy growing up in Sudan. I think it’s part of the rea

The latest book releases for curious minds

John Miles rounds up the latest releases…

Actor Miriam Margolyes shares her lifelong love of creatures great and small

A new book of bird photography celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eye-catching abstracts, writes Graeme Green

This is Coco and Peach, our two beautiful cats who are sisters. They like nothing more than hanging out in a tree, watching the world go by! Pia Ainsworth, Manchester I bought this ‘artificial’ plant