Opinion

Ellie Harrison Countryfile presenter

Ellie Harrison: Finding joy in getting outside in winter

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Nicola Chester: A stubble field in autumn is an evocative sight

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Ellie Harrison: I’ve come to realise I am not a foodie

Green chardonnay grapes hanging down from a vine

Adam Henson: Why viticulture might be the answer

River and town

John Craven: can the OEP clean up our waterways?

King Charles III laying a hedgerow at Highgrove in Tetbury

John Craven: The new king, like his mother, is very much at home in the British countryside

Sausages cooking on disposable barbecue on the beach with father and young son in background

Ellie Harrison: is it time to legislate disposable barbecues?

Countryfile presenter Adam Henson leans against a dry stone wall in the Cotswolds with his border collie Peg

Adam Henson: We must stop dogs attacking livestock

Man with his family using smartphone on the beach

Ellie Harrison: Children do what they see, not what they’re told

Young girl playing with daisies in back garden

Sara Maitland: children need the independence and freedom to be alone in nature

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Podcast: an inspiring walk with Wilfred Emmanuel Jones aka The Black Farmer

Comical image of two children standing on a sandy beach by the ocean. They both grip wafer cones containing vanilla ice-cream which melt and drip around their hands, ensuring a sticky mess. The boy has almost eaten all of his ice-cream, while the little girl looks up at him with a bemused and withering look

Sara Maitland: A day on the beach offers freedom, beauty and childlike fun, whatever your age

Isle of lslay

Adam Henson: the Hebridean coast has stolen my heart

A Wren perched on a bramble in full song.

Ellie Harrison: Clever technology is no match for the sound of nature and music in the great earthy outdoors

prize winning sheep at agricultural show with rosette

Adam Henson: Why county shows are a delight of summer