My battle to rescue Britain's magical butterflies, by Emilia Fox

The summers of my childhood were spent at our family's holiday house by the sea in Dorset. We would enjoy leisurely picnics on a rug in the long grass, and one of my fondest memories is running through the garden looking for butterflies. I remember so clearly the feeling of exhilaration when I spotted a species of butterfly I had not encountered before. I would collect lilac buddleia for them to feed on and I would spend the evenings either recording newly noticed habitats or trying to paint these beautiful creatures. And then one day my mother mentioned that fewer and fewer butterflies were appearing in our garden in summer. Emilia hopes to turn her new home into a private flower and butterfly sanctuary By this time, I had followed my parents - Edward Fox and Joanna David - into the acting profession and I was living in... [read full story]