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Grade II-listed Longhills Hall in Lincolnshire was home to the writer when he was stationed there with the 1st Airborne Division during the Second World War.

From Ovid to George Orwell, writers have long been inspired by the natural world. Fifty years after the publication of Watership Down, Katherine Rundell celebrates the authors who have taken a walk on the wild side

The drive was a long one. On the back seat were two small girls desperate to be entertained, as they were making abundantly clear to their father at the wheel. Tell us a story, they begged.