Tenderness paints it large

Andrew Flitcroft chats with Mick Lacey, one of Rutland Water’s most experienced and modest bank anglers, known for his no-nonsense approach to catching trout

With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

A round-up of recent poetry books

BBC; DAILY EXPRESS/GETTY IMAGES ● THEY’RE NOT KEEN ...

WHO would have believed that Tim would miss being nagged? Not his wife Mollie, that’s for sure. She’d said she’d keep doing it even after she’d gone, but neither of them thought Tim would actually wan

When America's First Son brought his fishing prowess to a hallowed chalkstream, his timing was perfect, writes Simon K Barr