Lazy days

In our ongoing series, Sally Coulthard shares her tried-and-tested tips from her Yorkshire smallholding

David Farrier Nature’s Genius Evolution’s lessons for a changing planet 288pp. Canongate. £20. In David Farrier’s latest book, he warns us that humanity is endangering every facet of life on Earth thr

BEING creative with wool, through crocheting and knitting, is a pastime that has been enjoyed for generations. However, thanks to a creative bunch of crafters across the UK, the number of bizarre and

FOR the past months, I have been working on a new book. “In The Company Of Sheep” will be published by Birlinn in September 2026. As readers of these pages will appreciate, though I am no longer a she

We rarely have a plan for our campervan adventures, preferring instead to point our noses in a general direction of travel and play it by ear. This summer in the UK was no exception as we left our hom

Alison Lewis planned to mark her 50th birthday by buying a diamond ring, but instead she bought this gem of a house – and has never looked back