Alfresco swimming is always a draw in summer, but with swimming pools closed (or capacity reduced) due to the pandemic, more of us are likely to join the enthusiastic groups in Herts who swim in our rivers and lakes

Want a simpler, not to mention cheaper, way of life surrounded by nature? Meet those who have taken the plunge to live on our waterways.

It’s been a stressful few months and, now with lockdown eased, we could all do with finding a place to relax. Here are some of the best spots in Herts to practise it safely.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth’s birth, Liz Hamilton looks at how his vision informed conservation and how we see the natural world.

At the end of EM Forster’s Howards End, suburbia is looming on the idyllic spot. Now, 50 years after the author’s death, the childhood home that inspired it looks finally to be engulfed

The closure of MGM British Studios 50 years ago ended a golden period of filmmaking in Herts. Its legacy continues

Trained in London and Florence, young figurative sculptor Poppy Field is creating outstanding works from her Much Hadham studio that reflect our age

A large part of the eastern section of the Chilterns lies within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, but how well do you know it?

Walk the woods, hills and valleys of the Ashridge estate and the feeling is one of timelessness. It could all have been very different when it was put up for sale in the 1920s.