Country Smallholding
Going potty
With the Covid-19 lockdown, growing your own veg is all the rage, but what if you have limited space? Leslie Bliss discovers a whole new world of container crop growing
8 min |
August 2020
Country Smallholding
Feeding frenzy
With a vast range available, choosing feed for livestock is never simple. Nutritionists and smallholders give their top tips to Stephanie Bateman to make that selection more straightforward across a raft of species
8 min |
August 2020
Country Smallholding
FLOWER POWER
With their colourful blooms and scintillating scents, flowers are a natural mood booster. From stunning wedding bouquets to delicate edible flowers, Stephanie Bateman e-meets four smallholders who make a living from a variety of flower-growing initiatives
10+ min |
August 2020
Country Smallholding
Blooming brilliant
Will and Lauren Holley purchased a four-acre field in Somerset, converted it into a nursery, opened during lockdown and now their perennial plants are flying off the shelves. Julie Harding meets the go-getting couple
9 min |
August 2020
Country Smallholding
Eco-Fitting Your Garden
In this extract from How to Create an Eco Garden, author John Walker explains eco-fitting and how you can use it to create an effective intensive food garden in a limited space
5 min |
August 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Achieving Total Recall
Drive in a gundog is a thing to be admired but all dogs should return to their handler when the command is given, says Ellena Swift
5 min |
July 15, 2020
Horse & Hound
What can be done to improve all riders' lives?
Mental health support is changing across the industry
7 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Magnus Nicholson
The show producer on his coffee addiction, acting ambitions and the 21st birthday present he still wears to this day
4 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Just the job
H&H’s amateur survey has uncovered which jobs are most compatible with a competitive lifestyle – or do riders simply make it work? Martha Terry crunches the data
8 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Do you ride a crooked horse?
Addressing a straightness issue means teasing out cause and effect, explains Dr. Liz Barr MRCVS
5 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Single focus
A full-time job is usually incompatible with campaigning a string of competition horses. Becky Murray tracks down some elite amateurs to discover if it’s possible to reach the top with just one ride
8 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Team Jinks clean up
“Exceptional” ponies come forward for the first show back
3 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
James Wilson
Britain’s new star showjumper tells Sarah Radford about his impatience to return to the circuit, an embryo breeding programme and scaling the heights with just one horse
8 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Evans' pair start in style
Riders are delighted to be eventing, as Dani Evans and Harry Meade are among the winners at Tweseldown
5 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Access All Areas Ros Canter
In the past couple of years, Ros Canter has won two world gold medals and had a baby. Martha Terry finds out how she’s juggling work and family life as she gears up for Tokyo.
10 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
Amateur jockey
Timo Condie on his path from living on the streets to riding out for The Queen at one of the top yards in the country
3 min |
July 16, 2020
Horse & Hound
‘The best she's ever been'
Combinations return to the ring revitalised after the competition break to succeed at new levels
6 min |
July 16, 2020
Parrots magazine
Mind-bendingly beautiful
Based in Sydney, Australia, science communicator, Bec Crew, has a love for weird and wonderful animals and describes the Eclectus Parrot, “With its intensely pigmented emerald and crimson plumage, the Eclectus Parrot is like a living gemstone.”
2 min |
August 2020
Parrots magazine
The Swimming Kakapo
Once upon a time, very few people had heard of a Kakapo, “Whatever is that bird,” someone said. The Kakapo is ground dwelling and the largest parrot in weight, which can produce a unique booming sound that can travel considerable distances.
1 min |
August 2020
Parrots magazine
News from Loro Parque: Parrots enjoy the summer
At this time of year in the latitudes of the Canary Islands we are entering into the summer period.
2 min |
August 2020
Parrots magazine
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
The Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi), also known as Finsch’s Parakeet or Finsch’s Conure, is a large parakeet found primarily in Central America from Panama to Nicaragua. It is fairly common in deforested areas and agricultural parts of Costa Rica, especially Heredia, Alajuela, Guanacaste, and recently the Valle Central.
2 min |
August 2020
Horse & Hound
Nick Skelton
The great showjumper gilded an already exceptional career with gold in Rio in 2016. Jennifer Donald traces the steps that led to that impressive crowning moment
10+ min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
Sophie Christiansen
She has eight Paralympic gold medals, so what fires the para star up for more? Martha Terry talks to Sophie about building a legacy and starting afresh
7 min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
Riders warned: stick to rules and don't break our sport
Social distancing and other guidelines must be adhered to as it was on this basis equestrianism was allowed to restart
2 min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
Jane Holderness-Roddam
The Olympic gold medallist and double Badminton winner on treating every horse as an individual and coping with life’s ups and downs
3 min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
How tech is helping our sport restart – with future benefits
Innovations in scoring and other areas could help in the long term
3 min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
The true impact of the current RDA closure
Lockdown and the resulting lack of activity has affected the physical and mental health of participants and volunteers
2 min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
Equine cartoonist
David Stoten, H&H’s very own Thelwell, on Lester Piggott’s tiny Spitting Image puppet and the challenges of caricature
3 min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
Extra events and credit as sports start again
Governing bodies are responding to demand and supporting riders and venues
2 min |
July 09, 2020
Horse & Hound
Down memory lane
A childhood spent in the saddle sparks special memories. Here’s a snapshot of the halcyon days before busy traffic, health and safety, and comfy girths
9 min |