Rivers need rights

How to admire and protect our wonderful waterways in the UK

By the Wye is a glamping site that could tempt almost anybody to spend a night under canvas. Its five spacious safari tents are pitched on handmade platforms in a steep patch of mixed woodland that st

We’re a nation of water babies, with the trend for wild swimming showing no sign of waning. But what are we swimming in? Untreated raw sewage pollutes our blue spaces, as best investigates…

When I’m in need of head space, I have often sought out rivers. I find the whispering, glittering waters a non-judgemental companion. But can a river be considered living, and possess rights similar t

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

Over centuries, we’ve profoundly changed Scotland’s rivers – pacifying them and bringing them under our control. We’ve felled native woodlands to ‘tidy’ riverbanks, disconnected watercourses from thei