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…
THE FIELD
Gardening: sources of help for novice gardeners
I’ve been thinking about novice gardeners and how they learn. One morning in the autumn, I helped my daughter to dig out ‘bootlaces’ – the subterranean rhizomorphs of honey fungus…
How to stop rabbits eating trees
“How to stop rabbits eating trees is like adopting the mantle of Mr McGregor” a forestry expert once explained to me. “If you want your own patch of woodland, you…
The importance of the gamebook
Keeping a gamebook was obligatory when you started out shooting in my day,” says Sir Johnny Scott, who made his first entry at the age of nine. “Much of my…
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?…
Field interview: Sir Max Hastings
“I burst into tears when heading east on the M4” is not a statement one expects to hear from one of the most celebrated war correspondents this country has produced…
American pancakes with blueberries, banana and cream
Pancakes aren’t just for Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day. They’re delicious all year round and American pancakes work particularly well if you’re wanting a heart breakfast. These from a recipe…
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…
March 2023
The Field’s March issue is packed with exceptional content and focuses on conservation; from a day spent shooting on the Mapperton estate, which has embraced a different way of doing…
The best hunting horse. Are they bred or made?
Face of a Duchess with the bottom of a cook used to be the recipe for the perfect hunter. Does the old maxim still hold true today when finding the…