It is easy to think that green space, open space, even the wide blue sea, is good for one’s health. In some respects, this may be the case. In others, it may not. Let us have a look...

An exploration of ptaquiloside in bracken, how it moves through upland water and soil, and what this quiet chemistry means for walkers and landscapes.

Standing on my land in the Lake District on a clear night, and I do that as much as I can, it is still possible to see the Milky Way. The skylines of the surrounding fells are dark, the only lights being a possible farmhouse in the valley, the brilliant glow from Ambleside, or a scatter of vehicle headlights moving along the region’s roads. Yet even here, the night is no longer what it once was.