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Fun and Games with the Totterings

BY JAMIE FOSTER Annie Tempest has been called a national treasure for her much-lauded and internationally loved cartoon strip about a fictitious English village with the eccentric Lord and Lady Tottering and their family who reside at Tottering Hall. During the thirty years that ‘Tottering-by-Gently’ has appeared weekly in Country Life magazine, the Tottering family – all three generations of them – have been seen … Continue reading Fun and Games with the Totterings

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Badminton Horse Trials at 75

BY JAMIE FOSTER In 1949, the 10th Duke of Beaufort started Badminton Horse Trials with the idea of better preparing British riders for the Olympic Games after a disastrous showing on home ground the year before. His legacy is the world’s oldest and most prestigious horse trials, which has captured the imagination of riders worldwide and in 2024 celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary. Badminton is still … Continue reading Badminton Horse Trials at 75

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Dogs Like Us

BY JAMIE FOSTER A paper, published in the Journal of Research in Personality, says a dog’s personality reflects the personality of its owner. It also explains that dogs experience personality changes similar to how humans do over the course of their lives. Research conducted in 2020 surveyed the owners of 1,600 dogs, covering 50 different breeds. The canines were split closely between males and females, … Continue reading Dogs Like Us

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The Dictionary of Posh

BY ALEXIA JAMES Oliver Preston has been drawing cartoons for 25 years and draws weekly cartoons for Country Life Magazine. His work has been published in the Beano and the Dandy, Paris Match, The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, Punch Magazine, The Spectator and he drew regularly for The Field Magazine. Preston has now teamed up with Hugh Kellett who studied languages at Oxford and … Continue reading The Dictionary of Posh

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The Countryman Sets Forth Again

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Sir Johnny Scott is a fine man. If you want to learn about the British Countryside, please refrain from turning to the hucksters or doomscultists. Instead look for someone like Sir J who has lived, worked and breathed our Countryside – I am sure he won’t mind me saying – for rather a few years. Always better to find a doer covered … Continue reading The Countryman Sets Forth Again

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The Effluent Society

BY JAMIE FOSTER In 1952, Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) penned his first cartoon for the satirical British magazine Punch, renowned internationally for its wit, irreverence, and for publishing the world’s best comic writers and poets. This led to a relationship that lasted for 25 years and over 1,000 cartoons, including 60 front covers. Thelwell was a master of sharp social comment and sheer zany humour, and … Continue reading The Effluent Society

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Great Scott

BY JAMIE FOSTER A new biography of Sir Peter Scott by Chris Moore has been published in partnership with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). Called Peter Scott and the Birth of Modern Conservation, Moore’s book charts the remarkable life of one of Britain’s greatest conservationists. Scott was born in London at 174, Buckingham Palace Road, the only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott … Continue reading Great Scott

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Land of Milk and Honey

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Land of Milk and Honey: Digressions of a Rural Dissident by Jamie Blackett is the sequel to his book Red Rag to a Bull, also published by Quiller Publishing, which our Chief Writer Jamie Foster reviewed back in May 2020. This is certainly the more nerve-wracking of the two books as it covers Blackett’s financial stresses and strains embracing the new creed … Continue reading Land of Milk and Honey

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The Countryman

BY THE EDITOR Natural historian, broadcaster, columnist, countryside campaigner, farmer and national treasure, Sir Johnny Scott has had “The Countryman – Through the Seasons” published by Quiller, and it’s a treasure trove of countryside knowledge and anecdotes, some of which inevitably lead to a good chuckle. A series of vignettes of British country life across the seasons – which, I am ashamed to say, I … Continue reading The Countryman

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An Artist by Nature

BY NICK PEARCE Rodger McPhail is a world-famous British painter, best known for his detailed wildlife paintings of sporting fowl, fish, and dogs. After studying at both Liverpool and Coventry Art Colleges, he achieved the rare distinction of having a painting published on the front cover of The Shooting Times at the age of just 19. With numerous exhibitions at The Rountree Tryon Gallery and … Continue reading An Artist by Nature

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Moorland Matters

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Trying to brush up on eco matters in light of recent events, I took it upon myself to read Ian Coghill’s ‘Moorland Matters: The Battle for the Uplands against Authoritarian Conservation’ when the publisher, Quiller, sent through a review copy to the magazine. I chose well. This is a masterful book and it’s written in such a refreshing way. It offers such … Continue reading Moorland Matters

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