Mandarin marvels

A tree bunny put on Facebook by the Small Press Rescue Centre. We are always glad to receive pictures of spontaneous forms and figures, or any curious images. Send them (with your postal address) to F

Letter of the week In hindsight… YOUR ...

Mike has been pondering the identification of individual birds, before drifting into insect-watching for the summer

If I can’t send my old unwanted items to a charity shop, I get a great sense of satisfaction if I can turn them into something new rather than throw them out into landfill. I love giving these old ite

Letter of the week As old as ...

I’m always pleased to receive BBC Countryfile Magazine and look forward to reading it. In truth, I don’t read everything in any magazine, but I feel June’s edition is outstanding. I was especially int