The new 20-bore version of the Browning 725 is all the more interesting because of its 32in barrels and semi-pistol grip configuration with slimmed fore-end. The firm had quite a…
THE FIELD
The Field August 2014
The Field’s Great War – how the countryside did its bit; snorkel stalking – hunting bass with our top spearfishers; grouse over dogs – the eternal poetry of pointers, guns…
Tracey Worcester: If I ruled the world
With the world teetering on the edge of ecological collapse, I was invited to rule. By putting the health and well-being of humanity, nature and future generations at the forefront…
Hound Judging
On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,/With ribs like a frigate his timbers to meet,/With a fashion and fling and a form so complete,/That to see him dance…
Feathers are the milliner’s friend, put one in your hat
Celebrated hat maker Yvette Jelfs ruffled feathers while commentating on fashion at Royal Ascot when she told BBC viewers her hat sported the leftovers of a pheasant she’d shot and…
If Ruled The World: Max Hastings
I have loved history, especially English history, all my life. Today, however, this noble study has sunk into decay, thanks to dreary teaching and a politically correct exam syllabus that the…
Monster Moths in Britain
Monster moths are kind creatures and often misunderstood. Many people think of moths as rather boring little brown jobs that can be a nuisance when you sit out on a…
Glorious Goshawk
Dame Juliana Berners wrote, in the Boke of St Albans, of the allocation of species of hawk and falcon to their corresponding human ranks in mediaeval society: And yit ther…
Salmon flies and fly-tying
Megan Boyd became famous in her lifetime as a tyer of the most beautiful and effective salmon flies. She died at a nursing home in Golspie in 2001 but was…
Recipe: Tunworth with truffles, pickled girolle mushrooms and buckler sorrel
1 whole Tunworth cheese or similar camembert-type cheese 5g (1⁄4oz) fresh truffle, sliced A little white truffle oil For the pickled girolles 500ml (171⁄2fl oz) white wine vinegar 2 bay…