Sir Johnny Scott celebrates the enviably elegant sighthounds, who hunt entirely by sight and speed rather than scent. Everyone wants that perfect picking-up or peg dog, but training gundog puppies…
The Field
Best of British Kit
From silk scarves to corgi-adorned mugs, Britain excels in every category. Here are some of the best British products on offer. BEST OF BRITISH KIT WAISTCOAT SIRPLUS Get set with…
The dos and don’ts of training gundog puppies
Eve Jones talks to the experts to find out the secret to training gundog puppies – from choosing the right puppy, to settling them in at home and the patience…
Sporting Artist: Mark Hearld
After a short time chatting with mixed media artist Mark Hearld, the rather uplifting realisation emerges that everyone is an artist – perhaps. Certainly everything is art when seen through…
The Queen’s Green Canopy: a Tree-bilee Year
The Queen’s Green Canopy, a nationwide tree-planting initiative, is underway to mark HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, finds Melanie Cable-Alexander
Lobster Mac and Cheese
Rich, luxurious and decadent, lobster mac and cheese makes the most of not only the meat but the hugely flavourful shells. However, be careful not to over-simmer the milk, as…
Six of the best properties in Cumbria
LOW GREENSIDE WASDALE HEAD, SEASCALE A renovated five-bedroom house in the Wasdale valley in the Lake District National Park, with the Screes as its backdrop and the fells of Buckbarrow…
Wild Justice: founded on a dishonesty
Set up to ‘fight for wildlife’, Wild Justice has wasted Government resources in its relentless legal attacks on shooting and left fragile species open to predation – where’s the justice…
Sporting Artist: Tania Still
RIGHT from the beginning, sporting art has been denigrated or, at best, dismissed as not worthy of consideration. When George Stubbs began work in the 18th century, equine and sporting…
Inbreeding and line-breeding in working dogs
There is danger in breeding working dogs too closely, so a pedigree full of FTCh is not necessarily a good thing