Mike Robinson provides the perfect provender to dish out to the hordes of festive visitors while keeping the purse-strings tight.
THE FIELD
How to get rid of squirrels
Over the past months we have shot 20 grey squirrels as they have been causing extensive damage to our young sycamores and beeches. Yet other squirrels just come and take…
Shooting in The Field: Browning B25 16-bore
Mike Yardley can think of many worse things to spend money on than Browning's new B25 16-bore, a gun that feels "right" and could also be a rifle, with other…
How to communicate with your dog: do you speak doglish?
If your efforts at talking to your dog are driving you barking mad, attempt instead to understand what it is trying to communicate to you, advises Janet Menzies.
Pheasant shooting in the Cotswolds
Pheasants and partridges test Duff Hart-Davis at Brimpsfield Park in the Cotswolds
Stew recipes
Beat the winter blues with rich, robust stews.
Grouse shooting
End-of-season grouse provide superlative sport at an affordable price if you can bag a day and shoot straight. Adrian Dangar is blown away by the drama of a gusty day…
Nuts and holts of pannage
Though we've taken to eating imported cashews, almonds, pecans and peanuts, British men and beasts should cherish our native kernel cache.
Claire Lomas equestrian diary
The Claire Lomas Walk Campaign and Saddle Up for Spinal Research have teamed up to produce an A5 week-to-view equestrian diary to raise funds.
Grayling, the Gallic grail
Charles Rangeley-Wilson's passion for poisson is tested by the "impossible" grayling, the only fish in abundance in French rivers – with good reason.