In this issue

Many happy returns
This month’s photo essay celebrates our cover star.

The enduring appeal of the side-by-side
This ‘traditional’ sporting weapon has plenty to offer the modern gun, says Michael Yardley.

Wine to elevate elevenses
Quality, not quantity. But what should you uncork? Gabriel Stone selects from sporting merchants..

Angmering Park West Sussex

Sheila Flavell takes the first of the day, a sublime high partridge, and soon all the guns are in action, latching onto challenging birds that set their wings at distance.

7 mins

The enduring appeal of the side-by-side

Often considered a ‘traditional’ sporting weapon, a relic from a previous era, the side-by-side still has plenty to offer the modern gun – once you’ve busted the myths

7 mins

Anatomy Of An Auction

Today, there’s no need to visit an auction room to bid for a shotgun. But is internet bidding better than raising a paddle? Or visiting a shop?

9 mins

Picking up the perfect bottle

A decent beer is a wonderful thing but perhaps not a serious enough libation to salute every shoot day. So which are the best wines to uncork for lunch?

9 mins

Keeping the faith of our fathers

Reformation, repression, recession – just some of the obstacles faced by the owners of historic houses with private chapels

9 mins

Ring out the old, ring in the new

Deeply rooted in our culture and heritage, church bells are the sound that welcomes in the New Year

7 mins

Art in the field

Dee Taylor combines the pop-art of Lichtenstein with the colour of the racecourse to winning effect, as he explains to Janet Menzies

4 mins

Guerini Forum 32in 20-bore

Michael Yardley compares the respective shooting qualities of 30in and 32in models. How would this deluxe Forum fare? And which barrel length does he prefer?

4 mins

Callie Coles

Hunting may have skipped a generation but now this keen hunter is delighted to be passing on her love of the sport to the next generation

3 mins

Subaru XV

It once occupied the gap between the Forester and the Impreza, but does it still? The key, finds Charlie Flindt, is in the suspension

3 mins

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The Field Magazine Description:

The Field is published monthly and 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.