Between this Man Feelings entry and the last, I’ve turned 40. Happy birthday, me! I was going to use this edition to reflect on what I’ve learned over forty ...

The national championship, held at the Malvern Autumn Show, often sees world records broken. This year, UK growers faced a summer of dry ground and drought.

In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Short stories, sometimes involving ghosts.

Joe Holyoak (1944–2026) was one of Birmingham’s most knowledgeable and influential architectural conservationists, whose association with the Victorian Society spanned more than half a century. An arc...