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Peppered salmon with saffron potatoes and spiced broth.

  • May 19, 2015

The top 7 best spring recipes recommended by The Field this season will encourage you to make the most of the foods in season. As spring draws on and we…

A gun by Bertrand Piraube.

  • May 18, 2015

Bertand Piraube was a gunmaker working in France in the seventeenth century. As part of our series on historical hunting weapons, Mark Murray-Fletcher explains the birth of an exquisite piece.…

Best vintage fly tying books. Daniel's Rural Sports

  • May 15, 2015

The best vinatge fly tying books are not tomes that need to be dragged down from dusty shelves. These books may have been published in 1800 but are free to…

Gurkha soldiers in alert and patrol.

  • May 8, 2015

Gurkhas have fought for Britain in many significant campaigns for the last two hundred years. With such a determined and ferocious enemy, it had seemed only natural to recruit them…

May dates for the diary

  • May 6, 2015

Things start to happen in May, the summer season is starting to sway. For the first weekend after the bank holiday head to Badminton, Gloucestershire for the pinnacle of three…

Beaver reintroduction. Could it spell disaster for our river?

  • April 27, 2015

Beaver reintroduction, like many schemes to reintroduce species, is a complicated subject. Species reintroduction has a significant element of ‘letting the genie out of the bottle’. Once decisions have been…

Best farm vehicles

  • April 24, 2015

The best farm vehicles need to be reliable and emminently practical. The quad bike, ATV (all-terrain vehicle) and UTV (utility task vehicle) have become the transport of choice for hunt…

Cavalry in the First World War. London

  • April 22, 2015

The cavalry in the First World War did not play a large part in the fighting on the Western Front. But first-hand accounts of those that did see action in…

Women's shooting clubs

  • April 20, 2015

Women’s shooting clubs are on the increase. The popularity of the sport has long been acknowledged in some Field circles. But finding friendly guidance has turned into a movement. Girls…