‘we’ve been very lucky’

Hunting can be an all-consuming passion – and lifestyle – but what about those long-suffering partners who are left behind? Tessa Waugh investigates

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

Rupert Bell on “earning his spurs” in frontline journalism, family ties to racing, hunting and royalty – and the spy in his midst

He’s fronted the nation’s favourite countryside show for 16 years. Matt Baker on rescuing sheep, life-changing farmer dramas and feeling like a duck out of water

Sharon Thomas on the appeal of local shows, an ill-timed back flip, the joyful chaos of entertaining children – and smuggled dogs