To hide my new garden’s nakedness, I planted trees. Damson and mirabelle plum, ‘Discovery’ and reinette apples, two pears, a quince and a ‘Nottingham’ medlar. There was a purple-leaved filbert, a ‘Che

Spring marks one of the biggest moments in the canine calendar: Crufts. In this issue, we offer some tips to get the most out of your visit... but most importantly come and say hello at the Your Dog s

Assistance dog, Nina, is a vibrant, young Labrador with a truly life-saving gift. Nina can detect the chemical changes in the body before an oncoming epileptic seizure. Nina provides both comfort and

THE sea at Thornbyon-Sea answered before you’d finished asking. Will Hartley liked that about it. He would lift his eyes, shape a thought, and the tide would already be laying its long, even breaths a

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

One of life’s great pleasures is allowing your dog to run free off-lead, but it’s not always safe to do so. There may be all sorts of reasons why you can’t let him loose; maybe you haven’t got a relia