AS I WRITE this, it is New Year’s Day. You, of course, will read it sometime later on, but still I’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. The cycle of our wee ball of dirt around the Sun, and its w

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I read with interest John Craven’s article in your February issue, ‘Nature based therapies could save the NHS millions each year’. I couldn’t agree more, as growing up I had a border collie that I use

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them