Life of Exmoor nature writer Hope Bourne recognised with exhibition Views of forward-thinking artist and writer who lived off land in national park celebrated at museum in Glastonbury The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025
Country diary: Time has turned this tree trunk soft as trifle sponge Horner Woods, Somerset: During the holidays I went in search of an old acquaintance by the side of a tumbling river The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024
Country diary: The gun-fire crack of a tree trunk breaking Selworthy Woods, Somerset: There is now sky where there wasn’t before, and fragments of blackened twig litter the floor The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023
Country diary: A calculated garden that’s still thriving Culbone Woods, Somerset: We have Ada Lovelace and her husband to thank for this stretch of misty, coastal woodland that harbours many gems The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2023
Country diary: Size isn’t everything in the antler contest Exford, Somerset: A striking display of red deer horns – all shed naturally – shows how intricate they are up close The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023
Country diary: Shrimps, shannies and crabs – these rockpools are alive Porlock Weir, Somerset: In one crevice, a sizable grove of snakelocks anenomes wave their long, emerald tentacles tipped with lilac The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023
Country diary: The holy fountain that’s neither holy nor a fountain Agnes’ Fountain, Allerford, Somerset: Drip becomes puddle becomes zigzag becomes river. It’s gentle and thriving, but there’s nothing sacred about it The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Country diary: An Exmoor pony with plenty to say Ley Hill, Porlock, Somerset: These semi-wild creatures are thickening their coats for winter, but why did this one come so close? The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022
Country diary: A profusion of poppies on Chesil Beach Cogden Beach, Dorset: It’s not easy to survive in this pea-size gravel, but some species are in their summer best The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022
Country diary: A secret hideaway, and a mystery solved Marshwood Vale, Dorset: Starting in the hamlet of Lower Denhay, a friend and I retrace the steps of a fictional hero who’s on the run The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2022