August in Old English was  Weod-mōnaþ  (Plant month). Bede, writing in the eighth century, said it was so called because this is the month w...

Peatlands have been central to how northern European folklore has explored fear and a sense of the supernatural for hundreds of years. Their persistence is also key to slowing down climate change.

I grew up with a mother who loved to swim. As a young girl she’d swum competitively, and like most good Swedish swimmers, she had a collection of swim badges. Some of those badges merely required swim...