Nature
Go on, go to seed
Let the plants do the work says Hephzibah Anderson
Pond life with Mum
Patrick Galbraith says water can be a great healer
Lapwings, Hyenas and Hares (Oh my!)
It’s amazing what you can encounter during an early morning jog
The welcome sound of silence
For three days I listened to nothing but birdsong, marvelling at the variety and the volume
The joys of the virus
Can enforced idleness make us less stressed and more contemplative?
Trotsky’s lesson for dealing with Covid-19
Man must extend his mastery over nature
The deer hunter
Patrick Galbraith tries to bag a muntjac
Part Three: Home Education? Help!
How can children learn about the planet when they cannot leave their home?
Water wolf
Patrick Galbraith on the promise -and the pain-of a pike that got away
Lost elysium of the Cambridge Backs
One of Britain’s most celebrated views will soon be dramatically changed
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
