Earlier this month, to prepare for St Edmund's Day, we visited Hoxne in search King Edmund and his legend…

A few weekends ago, as a (very belated) Birthday present for Elle, we had a morning of pottery painting at the Hatter Street Studio.

It has been my Birthday weekend and – like any self-respecting gentleman of six and thirty years – I decided I would spend it weaving...

Writing may seem a strange place to start a series of posts on crafts, yet I'm not alone in finding my creativity stimulated by handwriting.

Winter walking is one of the best pleasures of these colder months: frost, crisp air and subtle colours.

The evenings are drawing-in, and the lure of an armchair and a good book becomes hard to resist... Here are three great reads for autumn.

Barbecues have acquired something of a bad reputation, but with a few tips, you can turn outdoor eating into a calming, modern experience.

The recording of ancient trees is important, urgent work: despite their ecological and historical importance, few are protected in the UK.

Until only a few months ago, I felt I had become addicted to the news. It would seem I am not the only one...

Skylarks are important to us here in the UK. Yet, despite their central place in our culture, they are now critically endangered.

The foraging season is just starting again after the lull of winter. It is the perfect time for harvesting three very similar wild greens.

One of our favourite things about the Halloween season is decorating the house with pumpkins and squashes of every shape, colour and size.

Perfect picnic days can be few and far between, so here are a few quick tips to help you seize the moment when the opportunity arises.

Spring heralds the return of colour, but also the arrival of storms. The destruction can be terrible, but also brings renewal.

Is there any vegetable that divides opinion as much as the humble Brussels sprout? It certainly divides our household...

We set ourselves five rural reads, and I soon fell in love with those books about the people who have lived and farmed here in Suffolk.

Over-consumption is not going to be an easy habit to break, but after the excess of Christmas, this is the right time to challenge myself.

Today, the idea of the countryside being "an escape" seems very modern, but The Fat of the Land proves this urge is as old as the hills...

Between the trees ahead of us, the ruin of Rougham Hall materialised out of the mid-morning fog like a ghost.

Adrian Bell’s trilogy, beginning with Corduroy (1930), creates a world of quiet beauty that I'll carry with me for the rest of my life.