How to rock pool and go crabbing in Cornwall: reading the tides, what to bring, the creatures you will find and the code for handling them, the best rockpool beaches and crabbing harbours — from Perranporth to Looe.
Cornwall's real pirates — the Fowey Gallants, the Killigrews of Falmouth, the Barbary corsairs who raided for slaves — versus the Gilbert and Sullivan fiction Penzance adopted, plus where families can play pirates today.
Two thousand years of Cornish tin and copper: the golden age and the collapse, life underground, the Cousin Jacks who took mining to the world, what an engine house is, and where to explore it — Geevor, Levant, Botallack and beyond.
Rewilding in Cornwall, from beavers and choughs to a garden pond that fills with life in weeks — with a photo diary of our own wildlife pond and meadow, and how to start yours.
Cornwall in August: the warmest sea and longest evenings of the year — and the biggest crowds. Temperatures, rain, swimming, what to pack, and how to beat the queues.
Cornwall in September: warm sea, mild days, thin crowds. Temperatures, rain, sea swimming, and exactly what to pack for Cornwall's secret season.
Five Cornish walks chosen for how they make you feel: coast path, ancient woodland, moorland tors and creekside paths — and how to make any walk restorative.
Cornwall's best family beaches, tested by a family of eight: safe paddling, lifeguards, sea pools and surf schools — plus the kit that survives real beach days.
Seals, choughs, basking sharks, dolphins, otters and beavers: where and when to see Cornwall's wildlife, who protects it, and how to watch and help responsibly.
Lighthouse cottages, a castle on the Tamar, clifftop cabins, railway carriages, treehouses and farm campsites under enormous skies — Cornwall's most memorable places to stay, by type.