I’ve recently come to the end of editing The Exeter Companion to Changeling Lore, with a team of international scholars. In fact, for much of the last two years, preparing this book, I’ve not been abl

Giles Catchpole on riverside ghosts

What do our beloved hostelries have to do with the discovery of DNA, the D-Day landings and The Lord of the Rings ? Everything, as Ashleigh Arnott discovers

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Michael Skidmore explores how folk stories can help sailors navigate the Hebrides

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them