ON a dreich evening, what better than the lights of a decent pub, and even more so when that pub offers everything required of a proper sporting pit stop. Charming…
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Six of the best countryside properties in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
The properties currently on the market in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex countryside are wonderfully varied. From cosy cottages to grand Elizabethan manor houses there is much to look at…
The best festive fruitcakes for Christmas feasting
If you haven’t had time to make and ice a fruitcake for Christmas then never despair. We’ve sought out a selection of the best festive fruitcakes to feast on over…
How to keep a pointsettia flowering after Christmas
Q: At about this time every year I buy poinsettias to give as Christmas presents. Do they come in colours other than red or white and is it worth trying…
Backgammon: a game for pharaohs, kings and spies
To win at backgammon you need luck and a grasp of probability theory. Backgammon has an ancient pedigree, and the game is still thriving today
The best working dog beds: how to make the right choice
Thoughts on dog beds My dogs are always keen to sample new dog beds. During the year we have a number of short-stay canine visitors who invariably bring their beds…
Unusual hare gifts handpicked by The Field
It is said that hares are “old souls” and certainly hare mythology abounds, playing a key part in our stories and history. Read The Field’s article “Hare mythology: why we’re…
Kirnan Estate: a bespoke sporting bolthole
THERE are some reasons to turn left when you get to Glasgow, and eschew the well-trodden A9 north. Keep driving west, skirt Loch Fyne and keep the coast in sight,…
Give the Norfolk jacket a chance
Without doubt, I have an inner peacock and quite often things catch my eye and become part of my dressing-up box: the Liberty silk dressing gown from an Oxford second-hand…
Sporting Diana: Tania Coxon
DRESSED in bright neon-orange wellies, light-blue jeans and an oversized tweed coat that my parents were convinced I would eventually grow into, I shot my first pheasant with a single…