Choosing the best shooting coat is an important decision for any sportsman but The Field is here to help. However, before plunging into our look at shooting coats, be sure to check out other must-read guides to essential kit, including sporting gilets, hearing protection and gumboots. All products are…
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Warm grouse breast salad with raspberries, heather honey and Scottish cheese
Warm grouse breast salad with raspberries, heather honey and Scottish cheese Ingredients Dressing 2 tsp raspberry vinegar 2 tsp heather honey 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Salad 50g mixed salad leaves 12 cherry tomatoes, halved 16 raspberries, halved 60g Scottish hard cheese Grouse 4 grouse breasts 2 tbsp olive…
Teffont House: A restored 17th-century country pile in a medieval village
Teffont House is good for: Fishing on the Nadder Non-sporting plus-ones Stargazing Sitting in the softly candlelit orangery of the newly opened Teffont House with a plate of smoked venison in front of me, I watch a table of Americans pull up. And I realise then that I feel unashamedly,…
The Field Macnab Challenge 2026: a triumph of conservation and sporting prowess
The Field, in association with Westley Richards and Delaney & Sons, challenges you to bag a Macnab between 12 August and 10 November 2026. THE 2026 MACNAB CHALLENGE Any sporting sort knows what a challenge it is to undertake a proper Macnab, by which we mean the modern classic iteration,…
Porsche 911 Carrera 4GTS Cabriolet
I’ve never been entirely sure about convertibles. I was put off in my younger days by a friend’s Alfa Romeo Spider. It was pretty with its Pininfarina styling but with the hood down your hair was parted in the middle by the wind, you couldn’t hear yourself speak and most…
Thai basil venison mince stir-fry with crispy egg
Thai basil venison mince stir-fry with crispy egg recipe Ingredients 1 tbsp fish sauce 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 lime, zest and juice 4 spring onions, thinly sliced 1/2 to 1 red chilli, thinly sliced 10g ginger, peeled and finely grated 15g Thai basil leaves, roughly shredded 15g coriander leaves,…
Stalking rifles for the hill and beyond
Whether taking to the heather of the Highlands in pursuit of the monarch of the glen or searching the woodlands of the Home Counties for a sorrel, stalkers need a rifle fit for the task. From utilitarian tools of the trade, built to absorb the toughest conditions the hill can…
Dame Prue Leith interviewed by The Field
Prue Leith is insatiable. One of her earliest memories is her father saying “never get between Prue and her victuals”. But this hunger and passion is for pretty much everything: gardening, the countryside, food production, fishing, The Great British Bake Off, universities, television, British Rail, cats, her dogs Tattie and…
Rewarding and reprimanding dogs: how to do it correctly
How do we deal with our dogs? Dogs get left in the back corridor or chucked in the kennels and it’s only when they start barking that we rush out to see how they are. Or they plod along with us from drive to drive completely ignored until they run…









