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From landing hulking catfish on the Zambezi to talking tackle with Ted Hughes, COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent looks back on seven colourful decades

Birds can transport us to another time and place entirely,

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

With a season of winter storms approaching James Batty explains how to make the most of the great bass fishing that comes during or after a big blow

Marian Boswall defends the building of lakes, which bring both beauty and biodiversity