Recipe for ale-braised beef brisket with crushed potatoes Ingredients Beef 1kg rolled beef brisket, featherblade or chuck 2 tbsp oil 200g peeled shallots, halved lengthways 4 large carrots, peeled and halved 4 medium garlic cloves, peeled 4 bay leaves 4 sprigs of thyme 400-500ml ale Potatoes 600g waxy potatoes, such…
Carswell Beach Hut, Holbeton, South Devon Stay at the picturesque Carswell Beach Hut, where waves lap the shore of your own private cove and the tang of woodsmoke from the flame-heated hot tub floats on the sea breeze. This is a place to truly get away from it all: there…
It’s a cartoon-worthy, perfect spring day at Minette Batters’ rambling red-brick farm in south Wiltshire, the spire of Salisbury Cathedral peeping in the distance from her favourite vantage point. “I defy anyone not to think that this is the best time of year,” she says. “You’ve survived the winter and…
Recipe for cherry and ricotta cake Ingredients 180g salted butter, softened 300g caster sugar 250g ricotta 1 lemon, zest and juice 1 tsp vanilla extract 240g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 3 medium eggs 400g pitted cherries You will need a lined 23cm-deep cake…
The annual pilgrimage to The Game Fair is always a much-anticipated fixture in the diary but just imagine a full VIP experience, including tickets for all three days (24, 25, 26 July 2026) for a family of four? Add into the mix, a glamping pod (with room for your dog)…
Renowned for attracting an influential crowd, The Game Fair regularly welcomes everyone from royalty to leading figures in food, farming and fieldsports (HRH The Princess Royal famously attended in 2022). This year promises to be no exception, offering visitors a unique opportunity to see, and be seen alongside, the personalities…
Making a Test wicket that is ‘true’, with an even bounce, that wears somewhat over time without breaking up, demands enormous skill. It requires the groundsman to prepare a grass sward that he (they are mostly he, even now) then shaves with a lawnmower so that, essentially, the playing surface…
Why wear polarised fishing sunglasses? Anne Woodcock, one of our Sporting Dianas, comments: “Wear your glasses and a hat, which not only protect you from the sun’s rays and the glare off the water but will save your eyes and head from hooks during a stray cast.” (You might also…
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The simulated shooting season is starting to swing. Over the past decade there has been exponential growth in the clay shooting on offer for keen close-season guns and those eager to give shooting a go. Particularly popular are days that aim to recreate the camaraderie and rhythms of a traditional…
