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Feeding the masses

Mike Robinson provides the perfect provender to dish out to the hordes of festive visitors while keeping the purse-strings tight. Read more

Appeal of church bells

English churches have enjoyed a bell époque while ringing the changes over the centuries. Graham Downing is called to worship the soundtrack of our nation. Read more

A hot corner at Siberia

Siberia and The Fat Controller are just two of the drives at Brimpsfield Park, a shoot on the roof
of the Cotswolds. Duff Hart-Davis joins the guns. Read more

A right old stew

Beat the winter blues with rich, robust dishes. Just pop them in the pot and bide your time. Read more

The late, great grouse

End-of-season grouse provide superlative sport at an affordable price if you can bag a day and shoot straight. Adrian Dangar is blown away by the drama of a gusty day on the moor. Read more

Nuts and holts of pannage

Though we've taken to eating imported cashews, almonds, pecans and peanuts, British men and beasts should cherish our native kernel cache. Read more

Grayling, the Gallic grail

Charles Rangeley-Wilson's passion for poisson is tested by the "impossible" grayling, the only fish in abundance in French rivers – with good reason. Read more

Red deer stalking in the Scottish Highlands

The deer stalking in Fasnakyle at the east end of Glen Affric has changed little and is as exciting as ever, with every nerve on fire in man and beast. Read more

The essentially Victorian sporting week of whisky, fireside conversation, a first salmon and a long stalk on the hill still thrives today – along with the chance to have a pot shot at being laird of all you survey. Read more

From lough to loch and father to offspring

When Charles Rangeley-Wilson was a boy, he spent his summers fishing the far-flung loughs of
Co Kerry for trout. Sneakily, via their stomachs, he’s passed his love of lake-angling to his children. Now they join him on Loch Affric to catch and cook lunch. Read more