The story of scarecrows

IT’S the annual scarecrow festival in Lush Places and, if truth be told, I’m struggling. This year’s theme is “Royalty”, which doesn’t leave much room for the imagination to run riot. Years ago, when

Seagulls have been branded a seaside menace for snatching chips and terrifying pets, creating noise and mess. But are they being unfairly demonised?

Patrick Galbraith reckons the public’s sympathy for farmers has its limits

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on

For 45 years, Jill Barklem’s ‘Brambly Hedge’ series has been captivating young readers. Emily Allen explores her magical miniature world

ALTHOUGH it may not have felt like it ...