Rewiggling a river

Our waterways are sick – can thinking about them as living beings breathe new life into the campaign to save them?

At the first Tweed Salmon Festival, our correspondent finds there is much to be optimistic about in the fishing world, even if Salmo salar continues to decline

What’s happening in the world of game-fishing

Paul Procter attends a beautiful trout stream in the Scottish Borders

THE LAKE DISTRICT is now home to England’s highest nature reserve. Up on the Back o’ Skiddaw, a new project seeks to revive the nature of this rough and remote land.

When I’m in need of head space, I have often sought out rivers. I find the whispering, glittering waters a non-judgemental companion. But can a river be considered living, and possess rights similar t