Going on holiday should be relaxing, but planning what to do with the dog can be stressful. Janet Menzies packs up your troubles with various suggestions.
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The Field Interview: Lady Glenconner
Even the walnut tree in the garden here has a venerability graced with a novel twist. “It is so old the holes are filled with polystyrene to stop water getting…
July 2025
The Field’s July issue is a bumper, double edition as it also includes our third Field Junior, a stand-alone magazine aimed at readers aged eight to 16 years old.…
Sako 90 Finnlight .308
This test spotlights the latest Sako Finnlight model 90 rifle, imported by GMK of Fareham. Both Sako – once, and rather remarkably, owned by the Finnish Red Cross – and…
Summer venison salad with herbs, broad bean and yoghurt sauce
Summer venison salad with herbs, broad bean and yoghurt sauce Serves 4 Ingredients 400g venison fillet 2 tbsp rapeseed oil 2 tbsp fresh marjoram, finely chopped Broad bean and yoghurt…
What makes a regatta? River or multi-lane lake?
Rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave says of Henley Royal Regatta (HRR): “It’s a battle for crews to get to the start, it’s a battle to warm up, but most rowers…
The Field’s guide to the picnic season 2025
Outdoor eating hits its zenith during the English summer season (or picnic season). At great houses, on riverbanks and at the races we picnic, never to be outdone, never retreating…
D-Day: 81st anniversary
In the grey dawn of D-Day, 6 June 1944, 20-year-old Trooper Lawrence Burn’s 35-tonne DD (duplex-drive) Sherman tank, its flotation screen raised, edged down the ramp of the landing craft…
The Derby: the controversy of the 1844 renewal
The Derby takes place this weekend (7 June 2025) on the hallowed turf of Epsom racecourse. Here’s a look back at the history of this revered equine event, and the…
Top hats: the history and etiquette behind the topper
If you want to see top hats being sported than you are most likely to see the spectacle in June when the headwear is on display at Epsom, Ascot and…