A reader wrote to Country Queries with this question. We seem to have a ‘rat run’ strip of woodland near our garden that muntjac pass through regularly. I am not…
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The Pig at Combe: a welcome escape
I’M PRETTY sure the Elizabethans would have experienced the same bonhomie on welcome when The Pig at Combe was first built, in 1580, as we did on arrival. Walking through…
Life hacks – another word for tips. Here are some of our favourites from Field readers
You may have started hearing the phrase ‘life hack’ and wondered what it meant? Well, it’s a newly minted word for an old expression – basically a life hack is…
Luxury: Country hats
The art of stylishly covering pates is a delicate one. Less formal hats, those that sit between the topper and the cap, can be troublesome. The trilby and the fedora…
How to find a folding sporting knife
Question Having got through many sporting knives over the years, I am in need of another. My trusty companion would be a good pocketknife to be carried in the trouser…
How to make cloudy glasses shine
A Field reader contacted us to ask how to restore the shine to cloudy glasses. Over time, hard deposits, such as limescale, can build up causing clouding or white spots…
Sporting Diana Lucy Bowden
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t fish. It’s in my blood; it’s what I know. My entire life revolves around it, from work to weekends spent on the…
Sporting Artist: Jane Braithwaite
How do you paint the invisible? How do you capture the feel and the smell and the sound of being at the races on a raw, damp day in mid-winter?…
Hare mythology: why we’re all mad for hares
Hares are surrounded by myth. The hare is an ancient and mystical creature, and its March courtship rituals are 'mad'
Owls and where to find them in the UK
MANKIND’s fascination with owls is age-old. Wall paintings in a cave in south-west France depict a pair of snowy owls and their chicks that last preyed on small mammals and…