Why snail farming is sweeping across the countryside
More and more people are looking at heliculture as a way to switch careers into agriculture, but snail farming is not for everyone.
Out & About
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An absolute beginner's guide to clay pigeon shooting, part two: Relax, breathe, trust... and avoid the temptation to squeak in triumph
Absolute beginner Octavia Pollock is learning clay pigeon shooting at Hownhall, part of the Cowdray Estate — in part one she was distracted by dogs and coffee before getting the hang of things; this is what happened when she went back for lesson two.
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No-deal tariffs for farmers are 'cripplingly high' and would make British dairy products 'uncompetitive'
Updated no-deal tariffs on farmers would result in 150,000 tonnes of cheese and 33,000 tonnes of butter unable to enter the market as it does currently.
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Love in the Countryside's rocky road to rural romance: Sheep-herding tests, awkward cider farm dates and being dumped by a Shetland pony
Forget Tinder, BBC Two's Love in the Countryside is the farmer's answer to cupid. Rachael Turner reports.
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Curious Questions: Dirty cash, filthy lucre... but how mucky is our money?
Martin Fone ponders another Curious Question, and comes away thinking that perhaps it's time for us to start money laundering in a very literal sense.
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The 'massive overhaul' needed in National Parks and AONBs to rejuvenate our living, breathing, farming landscape
Seventy years on from the National Parks Act 1949, the Landscapes Review has called for sweeping changes in how our treasured green spaces are managed.
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An absolute beginners' guide to clay pigeon shooting: 'Coffee drunk and dogs cuddled, it was time to begin'
Octavia Pollock had never so much as held a gun before she decided to try clay pigeon shooting — she headed down to the Cowdray Estate's Hownhall Shooting School to give it a go.
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Glasgow says goodbye to the man who has saved 1,500 people from drowning in the Clyde
George Parsonage, 75, has stepped down from his position in charge of the Glasgow Humane Society, serving the River Clyde in Scotland.
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RSPCA begs public to adopt rather than buy dogs as 'designer' and 'handbag' dogs are abandoned in huge numbers
The public have been urged to consider rehoming a dog rather than buying a puppy, after an influx in fashionable breeds and crosses entering charity centres.
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Rudi the otter: 'we had to convince Parliament to focus on clean water and the easiest way to do that was with a baby otter'
Affectionate and loving he may be, but small-clawed otter Rudi has a purpose.
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What's the perfect time to teach your children how to fish?
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Invasive aliens: Six of the most destructive plants and animals that have made Britain their home
Hundreds of species that we take for granted are actually non-native species. Dan Eatherley, author of Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals From Over There That, names some of his favourites.
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Val McDermid's Scotland: 'It was so unexpected I wondered if I was hallucinating it. But a quick glance at Alan’s face told me he could see it too'
In an extract from her book My Scotland, crime writer Val McDermid revisits Assynt in Sutherland and the magic of the Hermit’s Castle, perched on rocks above the sea.
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Curious Questions: Can horses really heal humans?
The claims made for how horses help humans get over all manner of trauma stretch back to ancient times. Pippa Cuckson takes a closer look — and discovers some astonishing ways that 'equine-assisted therapy' is helping people.
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The Devil’s Horsemen: The stallion who's starred in Game of Thrones, Wonder Woman and The Crown
Octavia Pollock visits Camilla Naprous of The Devil’s Horsemen to find out more about the horses they train for film.
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Glen of Imaal terriers: Wilful, adorable and sadly extremely vulnerable
They’re one of our most vulnerable native breeds – but what Glen of Imaal terriers lack in numbers, they make up for in personality, discovers Emma Hughes.
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Country Life's verdict on the Downton Abbey film: Patchy plots and sickly schmaltz, but 'a blissful two hours of escapism'
The new Downton Abbey film offers fans a final fix of life above and below stairs with the characters of a much-loved series. Kate Green went along to find out if it delivers on its promise.
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Walking the 79-mile Dales Way: 'The Wharfe is full and raging; we’re getting worried messages as people hear about the mayhem'
Torrential rain swells the River Wharfe as Fiona Reynolds embarks on a 79-mile walk along the Dales Way, just one step ahead of the floods.
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'You’re alive, make the most of it': The 77-year-old British woman who has just become the oldest person to sail around the world
Jeanne Socrates was met by a flotilla of 30 boats when she completed her circumnavigation at the port of Victoria in British Columbia.
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Jason Goodwin: Mysterious beach bones, lively ceilidhs and the other wonders of holidaying in the Western Isles
