“it’s like a grown-up’s game of hide and seek”

How did you get into photography? I learned about environmental reporting on a student-run publication, The Planet, at Western Washington University. Then I worked as a photojournalist for the city’s

Slowing down to experience the wonder of a ‘survival’ experience in the Scottish Highlands, as our guest editor did to mark his 50th birthday, Patrick Galbraith heeds the calming call of the wild

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Being in the right place at the right time can be more important than long hours,

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

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