Wild people
In 1864, one pioneering woman changed mountaineering forever – armed only with grit, a skirt, and champagne
He scaled Tibetan peaks, braved wild jungles and helped Darwin shake up science — all in a day’s work for this globe-trotting Victorian plant hunter
Celebrate the life of the greatest botanist of the Victorian era, Joseph Dalton Hooker, born 200 years ago this summer and who sailed the world seeking new forms of plant life
From isolation to icon: How Hannah Hauxwell's life in the Yorkshire Dales became a worldwide sensation
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Nan Shepherd revolutionised nature writing with The Living Mountain. This is her story
The first British woman to swim the Channel has inspired a film - here's the extraordinary story of Mercedes Gleitze
In 1927, Brighton-born Mercedes Gleitze became the first British woman to swim the English Channel – and a star was born
Wild People: Scottish naturalist and author Eliza Brightwen
Champion ultrarunner: Jasmin Paris on her epic 268-mile Pennine Way win
William Henry Davies: Welsh poet, writer and 'super-tramp'
Andy Nisbet, climber and mountain guide
The Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame
Wildlife cameraman and naturalist Eric Ashby
Wild People: writer Jerome K Jerome
Wild People: Ronald Lockley, naturalist and writer
Bristol, London and Brighton: Kendal Mountain Festival goes on Tour
Young adventurer off on 5,000-mile UK challenge
Walking in the footsteps of Mary Anning
Millican Dalton fact file
One of the most prominent English adventurers, Millican Dalton gave up his nine-to-five office existence to answer the call of the wild. Here is our essential guide to the man behind the legend.
Wild people: Grey Owl, Native American trapper-turned conservationist
He was a Native American trapper-turned-conservationist, who helped to save the beaver from extinction. Or was he? Roly Smith tracks down the unlikely true story of Archibald Belaney
'Human swan' takes to the air to join Bewick's swan migration
Wild people: writer Hope Bourne
A love of freedom and wilderness inspired Hope Bourne to fend for herself in a remote valley on Exmoor. There, she scraped a living by writing about life on the rugged moorlands
Britain’s forgotten naturalist: Cyril Diver
Roger Deakin: writer and wild swimmer
Handsome, witty and freedom-loving, Roger Deakin was the first great champion of wild swimming – and one of the best nature writers of his generation. Ten years after Roger’s death, Patrick Barkham celebrates his rich and unconventional life.
Interview: Award-winning farmer Joan Bomford
Confessions of a Munro-bagger: Comedian Ed Byrne
Comedian Ed Byrne loves Scotland's highest hills - a passion that has its ups and downs...