Conkering heroes

Foraging can help us stay tuned into the changing seasons, so follow our guide to picking with a light and mindful touch, and gather nature’s bounty at its source

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer, and former chair of Gardeners' Question Time

FOR JOHN KEATS, AUTUMN WAS THE SEASON OF MISTS AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS. HERE, THE COUNTRY LIVING TEAM AND FRIENDS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THIS TIME OF YEAR MEANS TO THEM – FROM CRAFTING WREATHS TO BOTTLING SLOE GIN

With expert broadcaster, author and long-standing AG columnist, Anne Swithinbank

Keith recounts the cunning plot that Italy used to wipe the floor at the World Champs