Our winter-housed cows’ delight is evident at spring turn out, as they are returned to pasture. But this isn’t the only benefit, as Tim Field explains. For more on farming,…
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Give the garden a mowing makeover
We may look forward to the warm lushness of a proper English spring, but the horticultural workload is never welcomed as effusively. From clearing winter debris, trimming hedges, tackling weeds…
Andrew Kay, sporting artist
Andrew Kay uses the scenery that surrounds him as his canvas. His striking steel sculptures act as one work of art, while their relationship to the landscape creates a second,…
Bentley Bentayga Mulliner “Field Sports”
The addition of seat covers, a gun case and lockable storage to the Bentley Bentayga aims to turn the luxury car into a shoot wagon. So the Bentley Bentayga Mulliner…
Vets Uncovered naked charity calendar 2018
Previously it is the rowers to stick their oars in and young farmers who whip off the overalls. But this year veterinary students worldwide are forgetting their white coats for…
Sporting Dianas: Lucy Holland
From Mastering the Bicester to hurtling down a skeleton run, Lucy Holland reflects on a wonderful sporting life shared with friends, family and field inspirations. For more Sporting Dianas, seriously…
Best luxury eggs: a thoroughly good egg
Cast aside commercialised chocolate creations this Easter in favour of an egg as nature intended. The best luxury eggs of today gives unlimited choice, from the finest, free-range hens’ egg,…
Hare mythology: why we’re all mad for hares
Hares are surrounded by myth. The hare is an ancient and mystical creature, and its March courtship rituals are 'mad'
Eostre and Easter. What are the origins of this Spring festival?
Hot cross buns, coloured eggs and bunnies abound for Easter – but these are symbols so ancient and rooted in our culture, they pre-date Christianity. Easter, or Eostre, actually has…
Oxford farming conferences: embracing change
The new season is upon us and, as tradition dictates, it opens with the Oxford farming conferences. Tim Field wonders if we could be seeing the emergence of a new…