Fresh from The Field
How to look after a horn handled walking stick
If you have been fortunate enough to inherit a horn handled walking stick, there’s no…
Welsh castles: fortifying Wales
Wales is the castle capital of the world, and the tiny country’s huge number of…
How to make a homemade natural pesticide
Are insects infesting your garden and pests plaguing your plants? This is the time of…
The best picnic dips: pea and mint hummus and tuna pâté
Don’t allow your culinary standards slip for an al fresco feast, says Philippa Davis. Dips…
Shooting
Adapting old guns for steel
Shooters and gunsmiths have readily adopted the idea of adjusting and updating old guns throughout…
6 easy shooting exercises: your shooting MOT
Shooting requires fitness, strength and flexibility – all of which are early casualties of ageing.…
Airgun guide. What to shoot and what to buy.
Whether you are an experienced shot looking for a new airgun or a beginner giving…
Rook shooting: four-and-twenty black birds
It was once a traditional part of the country calendar, but organised rook shooting has…
Food & Drink
Venison croquettes: bite-sized game
Don’t let your game fester in the freezer. After a lockdown-induced chest freezer tidy up,…
Peach, brandy and raspberry punch
Make your al fresco feast a suitably stylish shindig with a pre-made cocktail. Philippa Davis’…
Poached pheasant with herby potato and green bean salad
Philippa Davis’ poached pheasant with herby potato and green bean salad makes for a satisfying…
Trifle opera cake jars with amaretto
With country house opera postponed or cancelled, put on a picnic worthy of Glyndebourne’s lawns…
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Clothing & kit
The top ten best gumboots
Quintessentially British and remarkably useful, gumboots are essential kit in the field. From smart Le…
My favourite bit of kit: Rob Fenwick chooses his shooting box
With a sliding compartment for guns, hidey hole of ammo, enough room for wet clothes…
