Horse power

A Christmas shopping trip turns into a chance to catch up on pony gossip for Tessa Waugh , who is on the back foot as far as present buying is concerned but replete with tales of happy new homes

Meet Erik the Irish draught horse I rode on my 70th birthday recently! I didn’t want a conventional party so opted for eight of us to go pony-trekking, then for a delicious lunch at a local farm that

LITTLE kids think a month is a very long time – especially when they’re waiting for something. When the something they’re waiting for happens to be Christmas, then that month feels longer than ever. T

The artist, illustrator and author on the revitalising effects of swimming in the sea, learning from her sisters and inspiration for her latest book

Artist Darren Bird, known as Birdie, on the emotional moments that inspire his drawings, and his passion for horses and those who care for them

They’d have loved the drama of it – bowing out almost exactly ten years apart. Born in the same year and with the same initials, both queens of the bonkbuster. One was a Hollywood lioness, the other a