Janet Menzies

21 best crossbreed dogs. Labradoodle.

  • March 27, 2015

21 best crossbreed dogs for working in the field and at home. Your taste may run to the Downton Abbey gundog, or a labrador when breeding or choosing a puppy.…

Early Morning Light in the Cotswolds by sporting artist Jeremy Houghton

  • March 11, 2015

Jeremy Houghton’s work is all about the spaces in between, which somehow convey the realities of the sports he depicts more convincingly than any amount of photographic detail. The forbidding…

A snarling man-eater is not the best thing to encounter on the way to the shower block.

  • March 9, 2015

Man-eaters are not just a category of monsters consigned to schlock horror films. They are a very real danger, particularly if one finds oneself on safari (for expert advice see…

Elephant and Anthill by David Shepherd CBE

  • February 2, 2015

David Shepherd leaves a trail. If, on your next African safari, you stumble across a succession of anthills topped with sunglasses, tread carefully: you are on the trail of the…

Pair of English partridges by sporting artist Jason Lowes

  • January 20, 2015

Jason Lowes is based in County Durham. The watercolourist’s sporting art teems with coveys of grouse or partridges but what really draws you into his evocative work is the quality…

  • September 12, 2014

Labradors and cocker spaniels continue to be the two most popular breeds of dog in Britain – and where there is desirability, crime is never far behind. Growing concern over…

  • August 19, 2014

Even the crème de la crème of top professional retriever or spaniel trainers would agree that handling a gundog is not rocket science. For a start, much as we love them,…

Artist

  • July 23, 2014

There is a case to be made that the earliest art of all is sporting art. The paintings of horses, bison, lions and hyenas in the Chauvet Cave in France’s…