Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
Live and let live
Labour must resist the urge to kick field sports
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
Real pond life
There is a simple way to foster biodiversity
Food for thought
Is it worth trapping the squirrels in my London garden?
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
Another country
We all need to reconnect with the natural world
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
How the DVSA is driving young people mad
Driving tests should be much more accessible than they are
Telling tales out of school
Is it really about sex, race, generational hierarchies — or the changeable nature of student-teacher relationships?
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Postmodern fantasy
Modern fantasy authors often try to subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
