‘he was probably unique’

In the latest of his occasional series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson considers Simon Clarke, from whom he took over the South Dorset hounds

With hunting under attack in the UK, how is the sport faring in Ireland? Octavia Pollock talks to the new chairman of the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association, Pat Hayes, to find out

Our reporter doesn’t find much rest, however, as the Green Spring Valley hounds give him a proper American scorcher of a hunt behind a coyote

Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire

Rosemary White recalls the gritty mare who won 15 races and survived a gallop down a dual carriageway – and eating humble pie in front of the Duke of Beaufort

Our genial host is not one to brag; he is the very model of self-deprecation. Nevertheless, Paul Easter once existed in a rarified field. He was a ‘name’ co-driver and works player for the likes of th