Into the deep

The best of the season to inspire and admire

Mick Collinson recalls youthful days and nights on the shores of Loch Dionard

I f you follow the river uphill from ...

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day

The roach might not be a tasty catch, but this sound and sociable shoal fish is so adaptable it can thrive in all manner of less than desirable waterways

Dominic West talks to Ben Palfreyman about fishing, his friendship with fellow actor Jim Murray, and how angling links him to our primeval past