Gravel, Grit, and Glory: The Maddy Nutt Interview

Gravel Racing is a rapidly growing discipline in cycling that blends elements of road racing, mountain biking, and endurance riding. It takes place on unpaved roads—typically gravel, dirt, fire trails, or mixed-terrain routes—and has become popular for its adventurous, inclusive, and challenging nature. Races are held on a mix of surfaces—gravel roads, forest tracks, farm lanes, and even rough singletrack. Courses can range from smooth … Continue reading Gravel, Grit, and Glory: The Maddy Nutt Interview

countrysquiremagazineAugust 19, 2025August 18, 2025

Opinion, Sport

The Best Decade of British Football

BY NIALL McCRAE London mayor Sadiq Khan urges the Premier League to start staging matches around the world. So Chelsea versus Manchester City might be moved to Jakarta or Abu Dhabi. Like the exhibition matches of American football, there would be much money to make, but Khan is pushing the globalist agenda, in which the idea of English or British football clubs becomes outmoded. … Continue reading The Best Decade of British Football

countrysquiremagazineAugust 17, 2024August 10, 2024

Books, Sport

Unbreakable

BY JACK WATSON In Unbreakable, Ronnie O’Sullivan, certainly one of the most successful and prestigious players in the history of snooker, shares the story of how he became perhaps the greatest snooker player of all time. It explains how his journey has been extreme, from ‘losing himself’ for seven years to alcohol and drugs, to spending part of his career in rehab going through the … Continue reading Unbreakable

countrysquiremagazineJune 13, 2023June 13, 2023

countryside, Farming

Exploding with Rats

BY SUFFOLK & NORFOLK RAT PACK Before the first sunrise of 2023 the pack had assembled. Although some had bleary eyes everyone was rearing to get to work. We received a call from a farmer telling us he needed to clear some bales that he knew were full of rats. He was about to poison them, however he was delighted we could attend at short … Continue reading Exploding with Rats

countrysquiremagazineMarch 2, 2023February 27, 2023

Politics, Sport

Football Gives Way to Critical Race Theory

BY NIALL McCRAE During the recent World Cup, St George’s flags were conspicuous by their absence. There was little of the usual fervour when England reaches the later stages of the tournament. The reason for this is laid out, unwittingly, by Daily Telegraph chief sports writer Paul Hayward, whose book England Football: the Biography (2022) shows that there is no escape from woke ideology in … Continue reading Football Gives Way to Critical Race Theory

countrysquiremagazineJanuary 4, 2023January 1, 20234 Comments

horses

Why Do Horses Jump Rider-less?

BY DEBORAH JANE NICHOLAS We have all seen the videos in which a rider falls while show-jumping, and the horse continues to jump the fences. Most of the video comments have a very positive outlook on such an event. Most people will agree it’s because the horse loves jumping and has been trained well. The more ignorant comments will suggest that the horse is attempting … Continue reading Why Do Horses Jump Rider-less?

countrysquiremagazineMay 12, 2018May 11, 2018

countryside, Politics

What role the RSPCA in a post-truth world?

BY JAMIE FOSTER Apparently the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary have decided that ‘Post-truth’ is the ‘Word of 2016’. They define post-truth as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.’ The media coverage of the release of the EFRA Committee Report on Animal Welfare in England: Domestic Pets … Continue reading What role the RSPCA in a post-truth world?

countrysquiremagazineNovember 16, 2016November 17, 20162 Comments