Mushroom identification

Most of us care more than we realise about trees. I believe the outpouring of grief for the Sycamore Gap tree has shown this. Its mindless felling was just the most high-profile of many recent cases i

Four years ago, Joy Lewty, 62, from Garforth, Leeds, was handed a pack of seeds. That simple gesture set in motion a chain of events that would change her life.

Living well for a healthy planet

Sally Coulthard reveals the darker side of some of our most bewitching blooms

Beetroots are delicious when young and tender. Look under the leaves to check the root size – ideally, you want to harvest when they’re the size of a golf ball or a little bigger. This may mean just t

Following her training in Decorative Arts, for many years Glasgow-based, French-born artist Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw worked as a conservation stenciller, reviving and recreating historic schemes in re