Give us, this day, our sustainable daily bread
From eating better-quality meat to buying seasonal and local produce, Jane Wheatley suggests how we can shop smart to aid the environment
Solar, so good
Banks of solar panels covering farmland have sparked much opposition, but, with local input, could they be a force for good, wonders William Kendall
No job too big
Kate Green trumpets the native breeds best suited to grazing Britain’s green and pleasant land, as our farmers walk a fine line balancing food production and biodiversity recovery
‘It’s terrifying, but also an absolute dream’
Henrietta Bredin talks to Errollyn Wallen, Master of the King’s Music, about composing in a lighthouse and going on stage
Liz Fenwick’s favourite painting
The novelist picks a trailblazing nude by the first female RA
A passion for plasterwork
John Goodall discovers a neo-Classical delight when he takes a peek behind the unassuming frontage of a Swansea terrace
The legacy
Kate Green admires Rachel Carson’s seminal Silent Spring
A wing and a prayer
Hannah Bourne-Taylor extols the importance of feeding over the ‘hungry gap’ to help our beleaguered farmland birds
Country Life’s Little Green Book
We all want to shop well, but how to decipher the marketing? Madeleine Silver picks a handful of brands that do what they say
The good stuff
Let those bangles jangle, urges Hetty Lintell, with her bracelet pick
Interiors
Arabella Youens admires the rich refurbishment of a Scottish fishing lodge and laments the scarcity of trusty English oak
True grit
Gravel gardens are becoming ever more popular, but what are the secrets to making them a success, wonders Non Morris
Winging it
The ‘flying barn door’ that is the magnificent white-tailed eagle is returning to our shores. Mark Cocker, for one, is very glad
Arts & antiques
A lost technique is being revived by a Swiss sculptor, as pioneer-ing women of science are celebrated, reveals Carla Passino
War and peace
Tom Young’s intricate, powerful paintings capture the beauty and the heartbreak of Lebanon. Octavia Pollock meets him
All the world on one stage
Michael Billington finds Ralph Fiennes at his brooding best as Sir David Hare’s engrossing new play premieres in Bath
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