Buying at auction can allow you to buy your heart’s desire at a fraction of the shop price, but costly disasters still need to be avoided. Roger Field offers his…
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Colin Woolf, sporting artist
Colin Woolf was once told he would never be able to paint for a living. But having done so for 25 years, he understands that sporting art is much more…
My favourite bit of kit: Mike Swan chooses his cable ties
The sporting crowd are a particular bunch, especially when it comes to kit. In a series of columns for The Field, we ask what is most indispensable in the field.…
Cowpats and what they tell us
Cowpats offer comedy gold with a misplaced footstep and a valuable cost saving on artificial fertiliser. But they can also tell us about the land beneath, as Tim Field explains.…
How to restore a garden urn
If your garden urn has suffered one too many storms and is looking a little worse for wear, find out how to restore a garden urn. Urns have been used…
The Field’s Aga competition. Britain’s best Agas.
Enter The Field’s Aga competition today to celebrate one of Britain’s best institutions. If you have an Aga as old as the house, an animal that loves to toast its…
Dress like David Beckham in the field
Fielders know that the best weekend is a sporting one. And now David Beckham agrees with us. The well-known footballer was spotted enjoying a day’s partridge shooting with mate Guy…
Jeep Cherokee. Less rugged but still plucky
The new Jeep Cherokee has a stylishly European interior, but Charlie Flindt finds it less rugged and has a few suggestions to improve what it was originally great at, off-roading.…
My favourite bit of kit: Gavin Gardiner chooses his Jeep
Every true sportsman has that one bit of kit that he couldn’t enter the field without. In a new series of columns, we ask what bit of kit is most…
Ploughing into the future
The mighty plough has moulded our landscape and culture. But does ploughing have a place in modern farming? Tim Field considers its future. For more from The Field’s new farming…