Although it’s now a beloved breakfast staple, the divisively delicious blood sausage has had a chequered and visceral history, reveals Patrick Galbraith

Felipe Fernández-Armesto longs to dine offaly well

Jeremy Hobson solves more of your pastoral problems

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Unfairly maligned as a sneaky troublemaker, the quicksilver ferret is a characterful, curious and highly intelligent creature–with fascinating regal and cultural trappings to boot, writes Octavia Pollock

For three generations, the Sheffield family have raised turkeys on their off-grid farm in Sussex. Today, their award-winning birds grace Christmas tables countrywide