Fresh from The Field
Tweed that outperforms on technicality PROMOTION
TECHNICAL TWEED Nothing encapsulates a heritage aesthetic quite like tweed. The fabric offers incredible performance…
Conservation farmers: working conservationists
The achievements of the RSBP’s nature reserves are well known, while the excellent conservation work…
Sporting Dianas: Polly Portwin
A former Master and hunting editor, Polly Portwin started campaigning when the right to hunt…
Traditional cropping and grazing on moorlands: good old bad old graze
August is here and the moorlands look glorious, cloaked by the heater’s purple glow. But…
Shooting
12- or 20-bore: what is the best bore size for women?
12- bores are for men and 20-bore are for women – isn’t it obvious? No…
The best pigeon shooting retrieves this spring
Every year the 1st February and the end of the game shooting season is met…
The 2018 Purdey Awards: entries now open
The 2018 Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation are back for another year, and now…
Spanish partridge: Juan’s more into the breeks
Shooting in Spain has entranced the English for decades. But smaller days, with worthy quarry…
Food & Drink
Brined roast grouse with warm chard and sheep’s cheese salad
The season has started so prepare to brine and dine. Philippa Davis’ brined roast grouse…
Grilled aubergine, peach, whipped feta and mint pittas
For a smokey, sweet starter for your summer barbecue party, serve Philippa Davis’ grilled aubergine,…
Barbecue piña colada: the perfect BBQ pud
Raid the drinks cabinet and dust off the coconut rum – you are going to…
Lebanese grilled venison koftas with tabbouleh salad
As the heatwave presses on, dining al fresco is the only way to feast. For…
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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…
