They say a pic is worth a thousand words. What does yours say about your special moment? Here one reader shares the story behind her favourite photo

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

The seagrass meadow sways beneath my feet, the crystalline waters offering an underwater experience that could be lifted straight from the Caribbean (or the Outer Hebrides). I’m swimming in my trail s

A once-neglected patch of land in Duddingston, Edinburgh has been transformed into a welcoming green space by volunteers. Jock Tamson’s Gairden – named in honour of Duddingston’s Rev John Thomson, ins

F ifty years ago, in the corner of a Nottinghamshire lace factory, a young dinghy sailor set out to solve a problem that had long plagued his sport. At the time, sailing clothing for dinghy sailors wa

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