John Lewis predicts festive décor will be inspired by nature

John Lewis reveals the SEVEN biggest decorating trends this Christmas – from the vibrant ‘gemstone forest’ to the classic red and gold ‘festive field’ John Lewis has predicted the seven key decorating trends for Christmas 2021  Predicted British shoppers will favour nature – embracing a woodland theme  Other themes include ‘virtual reality and cartoons’ and … Read more

Ashley Olsen enjoys beer while wielding huge machete on nature hike with boyfriend Louis Eisner

Ashley Olsen enjoys beer while wielding huge machete on intimate nature hike with boyfriend Louis Eisner By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com Published: 21:04 BST, 9 July 2021 | Updated: 21:04 BST, 9 July 2021 Iconic American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: ‘Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.’ And Ashley Olsen certainly … Read more

Joules laps up Britons’ desire to get back to nature

Welly and raincoat retailer Joules laps up Britons’ desire to get back to nature as it sees online sales rise sharply and ups its profit forecast The retailer now expects its full-year pre-tax profit to come in ahead of forecasts In-store sales fell sharply during the pandemic, but are now on the up again  By … Read more

Human Nature: Mike Tierney still gets excited performing after 30 years

EXCLUSIVE: Human Nature’s Mike Tierney admits he still gets a thrill from performing after 30 years By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:19 BST, 9 June 2021 | Updated: 06:26 BST, 9 June 2021 They’re the clean-cut boyband who rose to fame in the mid ’90s. But the members of Human Nature have revealed … Read more

The stunning winning images of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year contest

These jaw-dropping images drive home what a beautiful, brutal and bizarre world we live in. They are all winning and commended shots in the German Association for Nature Photography (GDT) Nature Photographer of the Year 2021 competition, which saw more than 3,000 entries flood in from 13 countries.  Photography duo Karsten Mosebach and Bernhard Volmer, from Germany, were … Read more

Abandoned buildings around the world now teeming with plant-life after being reclaimed by nature

After mankind has left: Abandoned buildings around the world now teeming with plant-life after being reclaimed by nature These incredible pictures feature an abandoned ballroom in Germany being overtaken by ferns and a desolate manor house in Taiwan covered by trees The beautiful yet crumbling locations left by their human inhabitants have been reclaimed by … Read more

Nature: Amateur photographer snaps glowing ‘blue gold’ shores around New Zealand’s Hibiscus Coast

‘It’s just amazing to see’: Amateur photographer snaps stunning photo of glowing ‘blue gold’ shores around New Zealand’s Hibiscus Coast thanks to bioluminescent organisms Auckland resident Matthew Davison caught the phenomena on Sunday evening It was seen on Tindalls Beach, Whangaparāoa peninsula, north of Auckland Mr Davison belongs to a group that search the shores for … Read more

Author explores how nature provided hope throughout ‘the silence’ of 2020 in a fascinating new book 

NATURE BIRDSONG IN A TIME OF SILENCE   by Steven Lovatt (Particular £12.99, 160 pp) Now that lockdown is over (if you have faith to believe our regained freedoms will last and we’re not merely in the midst of a temporary reprieve), those who last year were suddenly able to hear the birds as they took … Read more

Nature: Intermittent warm passages let sea turtles cross cold waters on their 9,000 mile migrations

In what experts call their ‘lost years’, some loggerhead sea turtles spend up to two decades migrating from the Japanese beaches of their birth to Baja California. This 9,000-mile journey to distant foraging grounds, however, sees the temperature-sensitive creatures somehow traverse a frigid zone called the Eastern Pacific Barrier. Researchers from the US have finally … Read more