The Legacy: Miriam Rothschild
The celebrated entomologist and Bletchley Park codebreaker was also way ahead of the times when it came to gardening.
The celebrated entomologist and Bletchley Park codebreaker was also way ahead of the times when it came to gardening.
Its melody is sweeter than the nightingale's, yet the elusive woodlark seems destined to delight only a fortunate few.
Record-breaking rainfall and a changing climate convinced Leicestershire farmer Rachael Spence that she needed to find a way to combat flooding and improve her soil. The answer? Planting more trees, which have helped reduce flood risk and future-proof her land and business.
You may no longer see droves of cattle crossing the waters to the Isle of Skye, but the world’s last manual turntable ferry is almost as quaint a sight, says Joe Gibbs.
On a dull February morning, John Lewis-Stempel is consumed by childhood memories of the allure of the seashore, from the rhythmic, cresting waves and slippery seaweed of all shapes and hues to the shell-studded sand.
After a disastrous 2023 fishing season, Joe Gibbs is hoping for better.
Country Life's columnist Agromenes urges us to take a cold, hard look at the way we grow and consume food.
Galloway farmer Jamie Blackett on duck dating, snowdrop splitting, welcoming avian visitors and manning the barricades against an unwanted national park.
Professor Fiona Stafford joins James Fisher to talk about the constantly changing landscape around us.
The season of daffodils is upon us.
The future of the Neolithic site at Thornborough Henges — which has been dubbed 'The Stonehenge of the North' — has been secured, and the site saved for the nation. Annunciata Elwes reports.
Helen Rebanks, the bestselling author who became Britain's favourite farmer's wife, joins the Country Life podcast.
Alexander Darwall, the landowner at the centre of the legal battle over wild camping on Dartmoor, explains why he has chosen to go to the Supreme Court about the issue.
Tales of phantom ships are as old as time itself, but the story of the Flying Dutchman has haunted sailors for generations.
Surging, foaming, trickling, crashing, cascading or flowing, waterfalls paint the landscape with rainbow-scattered spray and misty plumes. Here, we celebrate these streaks of molten silver, from wild moor to woodland dell, as picked out by our picture editor Lucy Ford.
Fiona Reynolds explores the ancient city of St Albans to discover how its cathedral connects with the people and geography of the surrounding area.
British river names trip off the tongue like nonsense of Edward Lear, but the meanings behind these great watercourses run deep.
Gardeners can be reluctant to take a blade to a healthy tree, but sometimes a severe pruning will leave both plant and garden in better health.
Cumbrian farmer Douglas Chalmers weighs the pros and cons of living in a national park.