Hs2 in firing line for wildlife impact

With new rules to boost biodiversity coming into force last year, Michael Barker asks how they are working for farmers and where they can be improved

RAIL Columnist

"Dad used to call me a feckless environmentalist,” Hugh Crossley says warmly of his father, the 3rd Baron Somerleyton. “But he was a conservationist in his own way – he’s the reason we have good hedge

Getting to the heart of the matter

RAIL Columnist

When John Little arrived at Hilldrop 35 years ago, the four-acre former plotland in Essex was little more than grass, clay and rubble. Today, it’s one of the UK’s most influential experimental gardens