The Academy of Cheese was founded to revolutionise how artisan produce is considered – and even transform how cheese is sold around the world. Chris Allsop attends to discover what…
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Eat Game Awards 2019: winners announced
The Eat Game Awards 2019, in association with Taste of Game and Purdey, celebrates the best of wild British produce. Now in its second year, there are 13 categories to…
How to grow early harvest potatoes
Our eagerness to enjoy new potatoes year-round has resulted in an often over-mature offering from the supermarket. Avoid disappointment by learning how to grow early harvest potatoes in pots, by…
Nick Orr, sporting artist
The work of Nick Orr encourages us to see familiar scenes in an entirely new way – a whole day’s shooting in a single feather for example, as Janet Menzies…
Bulldog health: the not-so sporting bulldog
The bulldog was once a legitimate sporting dog, but now they bear little resemblance to their bull-baiting ancestors. Bulldog health is doing far more damage to the breed than their…
Shakshuka with trout and asparagus
For something fantastically versatile, try Philippa Davis’ shakshuka with trout and asparagus. This can be served for brunch, lunch or even a light supper. Inspired by the Arabic dish that…
Julia Mitchell, sporting Diana
From cultivating land throughout hot, Italian summers as a child to chasing adventures across the globe, Julia Mitchell has learnt that nothing is more important to sporting life than companionship.…
The decline of Atlantic salmon: letting our oldest vertebrate back in
In an extract from his book, Silver Shoals: Five Fish That Made Britain, Charles Rangeley-Wilson considers what has caused the decline of Atlantic salmon, and whether our oldest native vertebrate…
The Lady Farmers 2020 naked charity calendar
It’s not just the shooting and hunting folk prepared to disrobe for a cracking cause. The farming crowd can be replied upon to raise funds the proper, country way. The…
How to grow Egyptian walking onions
Learn how to grow Egyptian walking onions for an addition to the vegetable bed as useful as it is amusing. Though rather untidy, it stores easily, is hardy, perennial and…