Why isn’t decent food a basic right for everyone?
“You did what? And when we can’t even afford meat?!” exclaimed my mother when my dad told her he had been given too much change – 50p – after a shopping trip.
Pet food: We love our animal companions, but what are we feeding them?
Whichever way we look at it, we love our pets, and rightly so. They provide us with companionship, affection, a reason to go for that walk.
England’s babbling chalk streams are witnessing a staggering decline in water voles
Some of the best things in nature are understated. Take the chalk-streams of England, for example. These fragile river systems meander quietly through undulating countryside before disappearing into the sea.
Horrific polar bear attack on hiker in Canada should be cause for concern much closer to home
Matt Dyer, a 49-year-old legal attorney from Maine, had been asleep in his tent when the polar bear attacked. He opened his eyes to see the bear’s forelegs looming over him, silhouetted against the light of the bright moon.
What my dog taught me about life can help Britain regain its status as a nation of true animal lovers
Sometimes I think my dog knows me better than I know myself.
Wolves and rewilding: Reactions to the reintroduction of this ‘apex predator’ speak volumes
A crowd of 100 people or more had gathered in the Hayden Valley of Yellowstone National Park, USA.
Puffins face extinction in Scotland with overfishing of their main source of food
Muckle Flugga lighthouse, Shetland, and waves crashed dramatically against the rocks on this, Britain’s most northerly point.
Veganuary can be just as hedonistic for foodies as the festive season
Veganuary started in 2014 to encourage people positively, inclusively and in a non-hairshirt way, to try a more planet-friendly lifestyle after the excesses of the Christmas holiday season.
Remember this New Year, protecting animals will protect us all
Accommodation on that cold, drizzly night was an old lighthouse with no WIFI or TV. Furnishings inside fitted the remote historic look, resembling something out of a 1900s period play.
Rewilding Scotland’s wildernesses should be accompanied by ‘renaturing’ its farms
Some things stay with you forever – like my first ever sighting of a golden eagle. I remember it like yesterday.