Raging rivers

Our waterways are sick – can thinking about them as living beings breathe new life into the campaign to save them?

THAT GLISTENING SWIMMING hole might look—and feel—refreshing on a sweltering day. But writhing in pain from stomach cramps, nausea, and vomiting? Staring at the bathroom ceiling instead of the blue, s

When I’m in need of head space, I have often sought out rivers. I find the whispering, glittering waters a non-judgemental companion. But can a river be considered living, and possess rights similar t

Water is an essential element of the garden – cooling, soothing, reflecting and animating – as significant as planting or a place to sit. It works simultaneously on ecological, sensory, aesthetic and

Powys, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire Straddling the border of England and Wales, the 134-mile-long River Wye runs from the Cambrian mountains in central Wales to the Severn Estuary at

Dick Waters recalls moments that make the hairs stand on the back of your neck