The uk’s countryside is in trouble… and we need to do more to help it

Are you into ‘rewilding’? Can you define what that is? If you can’t, you’re not alone. The term has a variety of meanings, not all ecological. When rewilding was originally envisioned by a pioneering

How is climate change – and consequently evolving farming practices – affecting hunting? Andrew Sallis finds out

From his east London childhood to discovering the joys of beekeeping and gardening, our guest editor, former England football captain Sir David Beckham, tells Paula Minchin why the countryside matters so much to him and his family

The verges of Britain’s roads are home to an astonishing array of rare plants. We meet the botanical artist championing these neglected spaces

Marian Boswall defends the building of lakes, which bring both beauty and biodiversity

On an open and windswept tract of land in Oxfordshire, where once stood some derelict barns and a lone maple tree, our guest editor has created a haven for his family and his honeybees, discovers Alan Titchmarsh