The UK’s wheat harvest is likely to be down markedly this year, according to the National…
Day: August 17, 2020
From farm to factory: the unstoppable rise of American chicken
A century ago, Americans would not recognise our modern hunger for chicken. The year-long market for…
Considering air con? That’s how much the UK’s climate has changed already
I don’t think I had a single conversation about air conditioning until 2005, when a burst…
Tree of the week: the beloved 250-year-old wild pear being cut down for HS2
On a recent visit to see the Cubbington pear tree, Anne Langley was sad to see…
Country diary: the ravishing dishevelment of tall herbs
The flowering plants lining the track through the forest are now up to my elbows, and…