You loved the BBC’s “phantom ride” up a canal. So join me on a phantom walk . . . down an alley
Our licence fees pay – in part – for two hours of lackadaisical nostalgia and lazy nature-gawping.
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Once upon a time in the West Country: Richard Mabey on the changing patterns of wilderness
For a few days every year in the Fal Estuary, primoses flower underwater. But that’s not the only spectacular sight…
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Don’t be afraid of the odd brown leaf or wonky vegetable – appearances can be deceptive, and in gardening they usually are
I certainly know the tone of horticultural anxiety when I hear it. One of my oldest friends – one who,…
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Watching with the weatherman: the self-taught meteorologist
“Dave the Weather” may seem comical – but many take his predictions seriously.
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From Werner Herzog to Pompeii: the difficulties of capturing volcanoes in film
It is strange that the full terror of the volcano has rarely been harnessed for narrative purposes – most films…
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Genes are not as important as you might think
Michael Brooks’s Science Column.
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Newly-discovered dinosaur is the biggest land animal found so far
Dreadnoughtus schrani, which walked the earth 77 million years ago, is the largest land animal ever known – dwarfing such…
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Jay joy: what it feels like for a bird
Attributing emotions to birds is not a flight of fancy. Emotions are a feature of evolution: they arose to help…
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