With new rules to boost biodiversity coming into force last year, Michael Barker asks how they are working for farmers and where they can be improved

We were younger then,” says Jennie Marles, turning the pages of a photo album, revealing grainy shots of a complex of semi-industrial buildings – vast, asbestos-roofed sheds housing thousands of inten

A bucket-list sporting event that attracts fans from across the world will remain at its spiritual home until at least 2031. The five-year agreement between the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) an

The garden designer and TV presenter who is campaigning to make a metre matter

Up through the dappled oak grove, across a tinkling stream and out into open fields. It’s a lunchtime walk I do a lot, living here in West Yorkshire’s lush Upper Calder Valley. Recently, I’d been skir

Following Adam Henson’s excellent article on British wool (November issue), I would like to mention that British wool is used in the compost I purchase from Cumbria. It is brilliant for tomatoes, grow