Testing the waters

Continuing our series on the healing power of nature

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott

When you’re watching waders, you need to make sure the conditions are just right, writes Ruth Miller

The Big Draw Festival, a celebration of creativity with the aim of getting everyone drawing, runs throughout October. Find out what’s on near you and around the world at thebigdraw.org. The Missing Ly

Ian McEwan is strolling through the garden of his Cotswolds manor house. Bees waft drowsily between wildflowers. Plump apples, pears and walnuts bauble the trees. Vibrant cerulean-blue damselflies hov

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