I first to know the Skoda estate when being given a lift by the chief executive of the Countryside Alliance. It was hard to see what his car’s interior was…
Reviews
Gallyon Holkham
This test explores a rare thing: a truly new English gun. The innovative Gallyon over-and-under is produced by the reinvigorated Cambridgeshire firm of the same name. Our test gun is…
Porsche 911 Carrera 4GTS Cabriolet
I’ve never been entirely sure about convertibles. I was put off in my younger days by a friend’s Alfa Romeo Spider. It was pretty with its Pininfarina styling but with…
Rizzini 550 RB ‘Sporting’
Rizzini 550 RB ‘Sporting’ First impressions of the 550 RB ‘Sporting’ are of an unusually large and attractive rounded-bar side-by-side. It is no lightweight at 8lb 2oz but it is…
Mauser 25 Pure
The Mauser 25 Pure is an innovative straight-pull design combining Mauser aesthetics with modern German engineering. Cleverly conceived and accessibly priced, it will inevitably be compared with the premium Blaser…
Polaris Ranger Diesel
The men who worked on my grandparents’ Cambridgeshire farm in the 1950s were a singular breed. My mother recalls Alf the tractor driver, who was never seen without a knotted…
Long & Sons 20-bore
This gun represents the best of modern British gun-making. It has been built for the recently formed US firm Long & Sons, based in Texas, which commissioned it and under…
Renault 5 E-Tech Iconic Comfort
My first car was a Renault 5. I adored it with the amour of a Frenchman. It was black with a white stripe, and in the early 1980s no one…
Benelli 828 Silver Progressive
The Benelli 828 Silver Progressive is a most intriguing gun. With its hinged and sprung breech face and long, streamlined aluminium receiver (the hinged face is steel), there is nothing else…
Ford Ranger Phev Wildtrak reviewed by The Field magazine
The Ford Ranger is our nation’s favourite pickup. Launched a quarter of a century ago, it now claims more than half of the UK’s pickup market, putting it in the…









