In this issue

Pig tales - Why they’re just like people.

Food for thought: farming in the future.

Life after the deal

IT has been almost two weeks since the UK began its new relationship with the EU and two weeks since the trade deal was signed into law.

2 mins

Chugging off the coal cliff

THE future of steam railways is in jeopardy, says the Heritage Railway Association (HRA), with coal produced in the UK likely to run out by 2022.

2 mins

Real resolutions

COVID-19 preoccupations may have meant that personal New Year resolutions have largely gone by the board, but that doesn’t let great national institutions off the hook. Agromenes has picked four that need real change in 2021.

2 mins

Farming's Brave New World

Five leaders in the field give their visions for reinventing British agriculture, from capitalising on Brexit and feeding a pandemic-hit nation to rewilding the soil, mob-grazing and facing up to lab-grown meat

10+ mins

‘This enchanting spot'

Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, part I The home of Paul Doyle and Gergely Battha-Pajor In the first of two articles, Jeremy Musson looks at a house and landscape that constitutes one of the most important expressions of Regency Picturesque theory to survive in England

9 mins

Missing you pig time

Far from being lazy, dirty and sweaty, pigs are actually house proud, affectionate and fond of the odd game of hide and seek, John Lewis-Stempel assures us

5 mins

Nothing here but a bothy

Once frequented by farm labourers and shepherds, lone bothies–often located amid some of Scotland’s most remote countryside –offer a welcome (and sometimes secret) refuge for wanderers, reveals Freda Lewis-Stempel

6 mins

Taking stock

Don’t emulate Macbeth’s witches by boiling stock to death, advises Tom Parker Bowles–slow, low and steady always wins the taste race

4 mins

California dream

Calistoga residence, California A new garden for a new-build home succeeds in being both contemporary and belonging to the landscape, says Christopher Stocks

5 mins

When it comes to the crunch

Our fondness for celery has endured, but how can something composed almost entirely of water be quite so delicious? Ian Morton explores its virtues

5 mins

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