Carpets of purple viper's bugloss and corn marigold, both rare arable plants, light up the landscape on a farm near Land's End, west Cornwall. The display is the result of farmer Adrian Thomas's participation in a Natural England Higher Level Environment Stewardship Scheme, in which areas of farmland were left fallow and springsown cereal crops managed with low nitrogen inputs and without artificial herbicides and pesticides.
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The result is a magnificent and environmentally beneficial display-purple viper's bugloss is an excellent source of nectar and pollen that's only found in a few places in the UK.
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If the future of Ferrari is electric vehicles, then it is our future tooIt's widely believed that Ferrari will unveil its first electric car this year. It's the signal that the internal combustion era is coming to an end.
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Gaze over Cap Ferrat in this four-bedroom French villaIgnore the wind and the rain. Imagine yourself in this hillside home with some of the best views the Mediterranean can offer.
