Robert Macfarlane

‘I don’t miss it, I have to say’: Hayden Thorpe on life after Wild Beasts

Ness, the new solo album from the former frontman of one of the most underrated bands of the past 20 years, is based on an epic poem by Robert Macfarlane

Tue Oct 01 2024 - 05:15

‘These aren’t wild places. They’re peopleless places. That’s what gives it that strange wild magic’

Television: On Ireland’s Wild Islands, Eoin Warner is on a soulful quest to discover the spirit of Ireland itself

Sun Apr 23 2023 - 19:30

Mountain review: How the hell did they film that?

Jennifer Peedom’s film is high on spectacle - viewers without a head for heights might not make it past the opening sequence

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 05:00

Where furry friends run free – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Hare’s Corner’

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 00:01

Dig in: Green shoots in publishing as a new magazine makes stylish progress

‘Rake’s Progress’ is a fresh take on the classic gardening magazine genre

Sat Aug 06 2016 - 05:45

Mopheads and lacecaps: Hydrangeas hit the heights of gardening style

These shrubby plants have a chameleon-like quality that makes them look as much at home in a traditional country garden as in a chic city courtyard, and as happy in a formal planting scheme as in a naturalistic one

Sat Aug 06 2016 - 05:45

Justin Cartwright: ‘I have a theory this might have been the start of apartheid’

Justin Cartwright’s new book starts off swooning over the idyllic side of South Africa before taking in the awful history of murder and massacre between Boers and Zulus

Tue Oct 06 2015 - 06:00