Stop fretting and start writing: New Yorker veteran and writing teacher John McPhee shares his favourite writing tips, alongside four Australian authors.

Remnants of the 130-tonne, 250-metre-long toxic mass of sewage, fat, grease and rubbish found clogging a sewer last year go on display at the Museum of London to preserve a symbol of contemporary history.

Farmers are increasingly concerned as thousands of tourists stream onto their sunflower fields, destroying paddocks and crops.

Researchers say the concentration of plastic waste in the European Arctic is now comparable or even higher than in more urban and populated areas.

A WA musician who turned his love of gardening into songs about composting and growing vegetables has seen his musical efforts bear fruit, playing the big stage at the Glastonbury Festival and having his music pushed by the United Nations.