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Does the abundance of rowan berries really forecast snowy days and a hard winter, muses Tessa Waugh , as a home meet draws people of all ages, stages and pre-dawn routines

For centuries, a mysterious mummified body has been kept in the crypt of the church of St Thomas am Blasenstein in Upper Austria. Nicknamed “the air-dried chaplain” the body was believed to be the rem

The garden has given me much joy this year, though it’s not been without its challenges! Especially the weather, with so little rain for long periods. But those two months of drought made little impac

There’s only one thing in nature that conjures the crisp, sharp beauty of the shoulder seasons for Nadia Shaikh ...

Mr Dear has a confession… about frozen veg