In celebration of the author’s 250th year, Bethany Stone delves into the small but significant role of horses in Jane Austen’s fiction

Miss Julia White, horsewoman, sailor, farmer and haunter of my own farming life (such as it isn’t) first appeared in my life when I was 17, trying to get myself to agricultural college. Or was it when

A Christmas shopping trip turns into a chance to catch up on pony gossip for Tessa Waugh , who is on the back foot as far as present buying is concerned but replete with tales of happy new homes

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Rachel Greetham on her path from Pony Club to multiple Olympic Games – and the satisfaction of treating all clients, whether on four legs or two

Going hunting without your own hunter is an increasingly popular choice for a range of reasons, finds Lucy Higginson