fox
The hedgehog and the fox poll highest as ‘the nation’s top animal’
Karen R. Jones’s surprising choice of ten creatures to represent Britain makes for a truly wonderful book – erudite and fun
Low life
The temperature gauge needle heeled hard over into the red. ‘Not again,’ I said to Oscar, sitting beside me on…
Long life
My time as a duck-keeper seems to have come bloodily to an end. I have had ducks on my pond…
Long life
I used to enjoy the ghost stories of M.R. James, but I’ve never actually seen a ghost or even believed…
Nature is red in tooth and claw. Get over it
Wild Lone is one of the most violent books I’ve ever read. It was published just before the last war…
Long life
I have rather a poor record for speeding over the years. I have been caught by cameras quite often, sometimes…
Long life
If I haven’t mentioned my poultry for a while, it’s because the subject has been too depressing. I had been…
Long life
I was predicting in a recent column that the arrival of spring would be bad news for my poultry, and…
Long life
A month ago I was reporting complacently that peace and calm had returned to Stoke Park after a series of…
