Beavers in ealing? a dam fine plan!

Marian Boswall defends the building of lakes, which bring both beauty and biodiversity

From a milliner inspired by topiary to a model-turned-ecological gardener and a couple who swapped jobs in telecommunications for growing vegetables, Sir David Beckham’s rural heroes tell Julie Harding why craft and the countryside are key

Are you into ‘rewilding’? Can you define what that is? If you can’t, you’re not alone. The term has a variety of meanings, not all ecological. When rewilding was originally envisioned by a pioneering

It’s Friday morning in early autumn, the sun is shining and we’re on the road. Amber Jether, who works for Big Issue’s South West frontline team, has a vanload of magazines and a lot of miles to go be

On an open and windswept tract of land in Oxfordshire, where once stood some derelict barns and a lone maple tree, our guest editor has created a haven for his family and his honeybees, discovers Alan Titchmarsh

No horse to look after, a multi-generational community, great exercise and it costs peanuts. Tessa Waugh extols the joy of hunting with the “jelly dogs”