100 years ago in october 10, 1925

An early-morning dog walk through the woods sees John Lewis-Stempel coming face to face–or skin to spider silk–with the industrious magic of a September dawn

PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO, IDEAS TO TRY

Karen Youngs encounters squabbling herons and glimpses an elusive predator on a waterside walk

A year in the life of the eighteenth-century naturalist

The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain calls it The Hare chases the Snail, and as an example of pure English nonconformity (and charm), I can’t imagine anything more representative in the world of old-

Are you a bit of a quiz whizz? Pit your wits against the mixed bag of posers below and see how you get on…