Sleepy Cotswolds by rail

There’s no better way to relish the dreamy days of late summer than with an evocative scenic journey through the hills of the Cotswolds, hopping from one honey-stoned village to the next, says Ben Lerwill

Highland express

The rhythmic chug of a train as it bustles through the British countryside never fails to elicit a sense of times past and journeys to come. Few lines are more evocative and exhilarating than the West Highland Line, writes Chris Gee

Walk in conqueror country

Almost 1,000 years ago, on these now sleepy fields, war raged. Sam Pyrah explores the idyllic 1066 Country Walk, through countryside once plundered by invading Norman troops

Tiny terrors

Grisly horror film with a bloodthirsty plot, or just another bug-eat-bug day in the undergrowth? Gail Ashton shines a light on the brutal world of our carnivorous mini-beasts