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Books to open windows on the world
The Lighted Window by Peter Davidson The subtitle of this meditative, lyrical, affecting work is ‘Evening Walks Remembered’, and there is indeed a rambling quality to it – in the…
Six of the best properties with ponds
If you enjoy gazing at lily pads with frogs atop them or perhaps dipping your feet in water when the weather gets too hot then these properties with ponds are…
Hot cross bun-and-butter pudding with brandy and marmalade
A great way to use up any old hot cross buns and an excellent method of making use of fresh ones too. Lightly spiced, deliciously rich but not overly sweet,…
How to keep muntjac out of the garden
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…
The Field’s top 5 pie recipes
There’s little to top a pie, unless of course it is a delicious pastry top or buttery mashed potato. Here, The Field shines a spotlight on five of our favourites.…
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…
Field Interview: Annika Purdey
Annika Purdey is poised by the grand fireplace in the Long Room at Audley House, the headquarters of James Purdey & Sons in Mayfair. She’s having her photograph taken and…
The successful Macnabbers of 2022
The Field is enormously proud to have started the Macnab Challenge, a sporting endeavour based on John Buchan’s novel John Macnab, which requires skill and tenacity on both hill and…
Browning 525 Game Tradition Light
THIS month’s test gun is a 20-bore Browning 525 Game Tradition Light, tipping the scales at just under 6lb 5oz (so, light but not ultralight). It is distinguished by an…