4 stories by "Patrick Barkham"
Is it an alien? A dinosaur? Is it going to kill us all? Our writer hits Ashdown Forest for the Big One Hundred celebrations – and finds its magic enchanting new generationsThe rolling idyl…
She had a passion for butterflies and would seek out rare ones, yet this was used against her by violent, money-grabbing husband. Now this pioneering naturalist’s story has been translated…
It has spent 16 winters on its own. Now a playwright has turned one bat's sad story into a gay parable full of deceit and longingInspiration is often found in unexpected places and, last sum…
As the government commits to banning wild animals in English circuses, Thomas Chipperfield faces losing his livelihood and lifelong passion " but, he says, his job is not cruelThe last lion …