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Best fruitcake recipe

Fruitcake is a sporting essential, and all the more so over the festive season. Whether you are tucking yours in a pocket for the peg, handing it out at the…

Stoats and weasels. Winter coat

Stoats and weasels have an undeserved, bad reputation. From the weasels that plot to take over Toad Hall in Wind in the Willows to being accused of killing sleeping infants,…

Outbreeding

Outbreeding could be critical for gundog survival. As accustomed as we are to having springer spaniels, labradors and other such familiar gundogs around, we fail to realise that they are…

Crispy duck breast, walnut and prune salad

This crispy duck breast, walnut and prune salad with ginger dressing is a festive offering, but still light enough to enjoy as an easy lunch during December. Or, serve it…

Fig, chocolate and cognac cake

This fig, chocolate and cognac cake is perfect for the festive season. It keeps well up to four days and it is suitable for freezing, making it a great offering…

Fruitcake and the WI. The Queen

Fruitcake and the WI, the two seem inseperable. And what would a sporting day be without fruitcake? Whether handed round at shoot elevenses or cut up into bite-sized chunks for…

Repair chipped glass

Knowing how to repair chipped glass is crucial with Christmas just around the corner. To get the table looking its best for the Christmas day lunch, your most treasured silver…