Why the white tail?
A curious question for Country Life, in which I examine scuts, rumps and rears and wonder why so many animals have such obviously flashy appendages.
Tripping the light fantastic – in Country Life
Five glorious pages in Country Life magazine
The Blessed Bramble
Singing the praises of the humble bramble in July's Scottish Field.
Who grew your jumper?
With 33 million sheep, it can’t be that hard to find a 100% British grown and made jumper. Or can it?
The women’s quarters
History is revealed by crumbling brick courses and corrugated iron poking from willowherb-strewn rubble.
The blessed bramble
Every thorn is picked out, every drupelet of blackberry shines. In Scotland the ‘blessed bramble’ had amazing healing properties.
Last letters from a forgotten war
‘This has been an experience, alright.’ How recently-discovered letters to a sister in Edinburgh have breathed new life into a young Scottish casualty of the Korean War, which ended 70 years ago this month.