The Field

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd The Field is a monthly glossy magazine dedicated to those brave souls who shoot, fish and hunt way beyond the call of duty. Since 1853, its staff has selflessly brought its readers the cream of rural life, be it pheasant shooting, dry-fly fishing or the distinct merits of Cheval Blanc. If you love field sports, errant terriers and very foxy friends at hunt balls, The Field is for you.

The Field

The next shooting season • A drop in orders for gamebirds due to COVID-19 will have economic consequences for many in rural communities, writes Editor Jonathan Young. But will we mind a return to more modest days?

Art in the field • Argentinian sculptor Hernán Álvarez Forn tells Janet Menzies how a childhood among horses and the discovery of raku has shaped his work

Field At Home

Next season’s shooting in focus

In brief

The Naked, Strewth • A MONTHLY EXPLORATION OF THE BRITISH FONDNESS FOR REMOVING CLOTHES IN A GOOD CAUSE

Hone your swing during lockdown

Breaking a different bag record

SOCIAL; TWITTER

Field At Home

Royal Oak woodland to be restored

Savouring the latest issue

In brief

Quacking good fun

New in the field • Our monthly guide to everything covetable in the coverts, tremendous on the Test and bang on in the butt

Letters • Write to: The Editor, The Field, Pinehurst II, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7BF. Email: field.secretary@ti-media.com

Virtual viewings versus quiet contemplation • Inspecting a potential purchase via PC conforms to social distancing rules but perhaps what we need is to prepare to distance ourselves from the disaster, says Rupert Bates

TAKE 3 – SCOTTISH PROPERTIES

Country estate of the month • KINLOCHDAMPH ESTATE, TORRIDON, ROSS-SHIRE

TAKE 3 – DEVON PROPERTIES

WRECK OF THE MONTH

The Inedibles • Lockdown has ended the freezer’s seeming endless supply of pheasants. But how far should one go to refill it? Editor Jonathan Young contemplates weird food

In confine fettle • Hugging at the point-to-point has been replaced by solitude and counting sheets of loo roll, but Eve Jones finds there is no less action – just look out of the window…

Forrad on • For lovers of the chase, nothing equals the joy when hounds speak or the thrill of following them across country. This month, we see them in the field and at rest

The perfect playground • What makes the ideal sporting estate? Situation? Range of sport available? Luxury accommodation? Leading sporting land agents offer their opinions

Holland & Holland’s side-by-side-by-sides • Nearly two decades after it was challenged to do so, the gunmaker has produced a magnificent pair of 20-bore triple-barrelled guns

Shooting clays can improve your game • Whilst a clay day will not exactly replicate time on the peg it is good practice – and could become an enjoyable activity in its own right

In pursuit of a large slab of silver • We do not need to venture abroad to land a leviathan; some British rivers carry the genetics for double-figure sea-trout

A farewell to hounds • The role of huntsman or Master is a huge commitment for small remuneration. But handing back the horn isn’t easy, as several former incumbents explain

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Calling on Dr Carrot and Potato Pete • During wartime rationing the British became both inventive and green-fingered. Culinary skills we are, perhaps, appreciating today

THE FIELD FROM THE ARCHIVES • On the menu during the war

Treehouses, living the high life • With timeless appeal, whether balanced on branches or supported by stilts,...