9 Oct 2014:
Badgers in stories are usually wise and kindly animals – which may have little to do with real life but does anybody really care? Here John Dougherty picks the best badgers in children’s books
18 Sep 2014: Country Diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire: At badger latrines the animals leave their business cards – anointing their dung with scent from anal glands
12 Sep 2014: Jay Tiernan: Killing badgers to ‘save’ dairy cows is perverse. The government must stop treating animals as commodities and end this futile massacre
21 Aug 2014: Country diary: Achvaneran, Highlands: Smaller badgers, uneasy at sharing their snack, fled when the doe appeared, but the biggest and most dominant barely hesitated before starting to eat