Fresh from The Field
Classic salmon fly: the art and the history
With more than 200 years of history behind it and still evolving, the development of…
Chocolate and orange fruit tea cake
If you are going to do teatime, you must do it properly. Philippa Davis’ chocolate…
6 easy shooting exercises: your shooting MOT
Shooting requires a good standard of fitness, strength and flexibility, a trio which doesn’t necessary…
Caerhays: Flowers and pheasant shooting
Charles Williams, the current owner of Caerhays Castle, on Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula, is both a…
Shooting
The enduring appeal of the side-by-side shotgun
The side-by-side shotgun should not be consigned to the history books, argues Michael Yardley. Though…
Top 10 airguns for use in the field
Airguns are essential for ‘garden work’ and make an excellent first gun for young shots.…
What age should youngsters start shooting?
A registered shooting school would tell you 12 years plus, a parent may tell you…
Partridge shooting tips. 12 top tips for the new season
Partridge shooting tips to ensure you can handle an Englishman or red legged partridge with…
Food & Drink
Pecan praline chocolate fudge cake
Though it’s fun to switch up traditions, one musn’t be without chocolate at Easter says…
Steamed pheasant breast en papillote
Steamed food has a bad reputation, and Philippa Davis is on a mission to put…
Orange, ginger and cardamom steamed pudding with rhubarb compote
Steamed food has a bad reputation, but it doesn’t have to be flavour-less and fun-free,…
Steamed venison dumplings with lime and soy dipping sauce
Steamed food has never tasted better than these steamed venison dumplings with lime and soy…
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Clothing & kit
My favourite bit of kit: Sir Johnny Scott chooses his thumbstick
It may lack aesthetic beauty and the natural elegance of a true hazel thumbstick, but…
The top ten best gumboots
Quintessentially British and remarkably useful, gumboots are essential kit in the field. From smart Le…
