Introduction

I’M CURRENTLY READING a wonderful book called Local, by British explorer Alastair Humphreys. After years of trekking across deserts, mountains and jungles he decides to buy a map of his local area ‘so

I WOULD ARGUE that one of the joys of this hobby is encountering people who are as passionate about aquaria, fishes and nature in general as myself. I find it quite wonderful to get into conversation

Choose tough, evergreen varieties to bring colour and life to your plot all year round

Dive into the natural world with some vegetable-flavoured character designs amid a host of delicate doodlings

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

LUCIA LEYFIELD IS NOT AN ARTIST prone to grand statements. Her work speaks in subtle tones: sketchbook pages filled with weathered doorways, overheard conversations or fragments of wild gardens. A let