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Richard Nelsson

Looking back: autumn

Autumn colours in Castle Eden Dene, County Durham.
Autumn colours in Castle Eden Dene, County Durham. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

11 November 1840

The gentle melancholy of autumn: decay is the fate of all mankind.

7 October 1890

What fashionable ladies should be wearing this autumn: reds, browns and the hard, unbecoming royal blue seem to be the shades most approved this year.

4 September 1915

The luxuriance of early autumn and delicious September afternoons.

The New Forest in early autumn.
The New Forest in early autumn. Photograph: Brian Lawrence/Getty Images

15 November 1927

Automobile Association objects to the rite of autumn: bonfire smoke obscures the view of motor drivers.

5 June 1950

Practical fashion for the autumn: garments to suit the physique, coats with detachable hoods or capes and glamorous raincoats.

Woman in raincoat and rubber boots over pumps with umbrella, 1950s.
Woman in raincoat and rubber boots over pumps with umbrella, 1950s. Photograph: Getty Images

4 September 1953

Unfamiliar blackberry recipes: cookery writer Ambrose Heath on new ways to use the late-summer fruit.

26 August 1966

Fine days for harvesting: although tractors with trolleys are not so picturesque as horses with wains, there remains a flavour of the sacred earth at harvest-time.

15 September 2010

In praise of ... Keats’s To Autumn: if you’re feeling like the first brown leaves don’t compensate for the cold and damp, who better to turn to than John Keats?

Blackberries in autumn.
Blackberries in autumn. Photograph: Amy Lewis

8 September 2014

What is an Indian summer and where does the phrase come from?

28 October 2016

Autumn colours around the world: Trees across the northern hemisphere are putting on their annual dazzling display – in pictures.

Autumn colours are seen in a forest outside Tbilisi, Georgia.
Autumn colours are seen in a forest outside Tbilisi, Georgia. Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters

25 September 2017

Photographing the Peak District in autumn: arguably the most spectacular at this time of year, when its moorlands turn burnished brown – in pictures.

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