The Field’s April issue is packed with exceptional gundog content. Alec Marsh asks the age-old question: how many dogs does a committed countryman really need? We look at the history…
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Safari Jackets Are Attire Fit For Adventure
There are wardrobe staples and sartorial icons. The safari jacket sits above all: a garment colossus that is hugely evocative, ultimately practical and still the stuff of high fashion. In…
The best gundog breeds from overseas
While we will never tire of championing all things British in fieldsports, there is a wealth of gundog breeds around the world that give our home-bred stock a run for…
Kit to covet for springtime
From comfortable leather boots to elegant cashmere coats these are certainly pieces of kit to covet for springtime. KIT TO COVET FOR SPRINGTIME BINOCULAR BAG THE CAMBRIDGE SATCHEL CO Made…
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 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…