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Burberry? Let’s just forget our ’summer’

The fashion pack see nothing but dewey-eyed romance in the interminable rain and the cloying mud of our “summer”, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Time to bin the turkey twizzlers

In the last 20 years our calendar has been bombarded with events from the bizarre to the ridiculous, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous, among them take-your-dog-to-work day, national smile month and the slightly-dodgy-ticker week.

Bovine TB: Time to be bothered

How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? Just the one, but that lightbulb has got to WANT to change, writes Rural Affair Editor Nathan Rous.

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PO’s must move with the times

Anyone else had enough of e-mail? I say this because I’ve had two one-word e-mails this week. No ‘Hello Nathan, thanks for your message, blah blah blah’, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Tesco shows true colours over white stuff

On the face of it, Tesco and Rafa Benitez would appear to have little in common, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Power to the consumer

Meal times have never been so sad, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous. Forget the emblematic fish and chips with all its vinegary pomp or Sunday roast with all the trimmings, Britons have well and truly lost their appetite.

Action groups go too far preventing progress

In times past they used to be called curtain twitchers, peering out from behind the lace to ensure that activities on the street didn’t break the neighbourly code of peace and quiet at all times, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Action is needed to halt disease

Nine out of 10 of you eat meat. The waft of a bacon sandwich prompts an involuntary lick of the lips, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Making farming connections is essential

Mother Nature did her best to test our resolve at last weekend’s Wet Mid Shower, as the West Mid Show shall now be renamed, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Listening Liberal might offer some hope

It’s no wonder that Nick Clegg is arguably about as involved at the cutting edge of this country’s political system as England are in Euro 2008, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.