Welcome break? A motorway service station can be a life-saver…

What‘s the etiquette when you’re stuck on the M40 and really need the loo? In her latest poem, Frieda Hughes finds out

My view on the M40 – Warwick Services not pictured (unfortunately) (Frieda Hughes)

Bladders

The dawn chorus began at five, as I walked two huskies

In the bleaching dark, and the blackbirds and goldfinches