Low hay yields and higher prices are causing issues for some owners as the UK goes through a wet winter period

Driving cattle on foot across Scotland, echoing the practices of our forefathers and gaining intimate insight into the animals’ habits, Patrick Laurie discovers that sometimes it really is about the journey as much as the destination

Winter mud is something all British horse owners must endure. Thankfully there are plenty of practical ways to keep our paddocks from becoming a mud bath, discovers Catherine Waterfall

From George Stubbs’s golden vision of the labourer’s place in society to Ford Madox Brown’s heroically monumental celebration of manual labour, artists gave individual interpretations of work, as Michael Hall reveals

As winter relinquishes its grip, Tessa Waugh enjoys a copybook meet, with convivial chat, springy turf and good sport – while the real hunting aficionados demonstrate their teleporting skills

This historic Cumbrian garden blends formal design with playful planting