From learning to shoot as a child to discovering her true love for horses and hunting, Rosie van Cutsem founded The Riding Club London for like minded equine enthusiasts and…
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Meltonian Dandy: by his clothes you shall know him
The Meltonian Dandy transformed hunting dress between 1780 and 1840, creating much of the distinctive costume associated with the sport today. Dr Hannah Clark explains how appearances were as important…
Brandy and orange panettone pudding
Pudding should never be skipped on a supper party menu. Philippa Davis’ brandy and orange panettone pudding is simple to make and guaranteed to impress. A delightfully boozy twist on…
Range Rover Sport HST
With flash styling, shiny black wheels and suede-covered interior, the farmyard doesn’t seem the natural home of the Range Rover Sport HST. Yet a week in the country and it…
Manor & Co over-and-under
A new name to English gunmaking, Michael Yardley is delighted to find the Manor & Co over-and-under refined, aesthetically pleasing and excellent to handle. For something rather different, the Holland…
The Forestry Commission: 100 years of forest fortitude
It would seem that in 1919 and at the end of World War I, there would have been more pressing concerns than conserving and developing the country’s woodland resources. And…
French mint chocolate mousse
For a cocoa fix that packs a punch, Philippa Davis’ French mint chocolate mousse is an excellent sweet finale to an autumnal supper party. It’s a simple method and easy…
The essence of hill stalking
If the essence of hill stalking is the hunting of wild deer in wild places, then there can be few places in Britain so wild or remote as the islands…
December 2019
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 200 pages packed with fieldsports excellence. Shooting in Cumbria and Northamptonshire; hunting over the enormous Berkeley hedges; searching for Yellowfish; Bustard guns, and how to hold one; Christmas…
John Frederick Herring Snr, sporting artist
As popular today as in the mid-19th century, John Frederick Herring Snr began painting pub signs and coaches and became a popular genre artist, says Janet Menzies. For more sporting…