Silverware, with its glistering surface and ornate designs, dresses the table like no other material and has an unmatched capacity for turning a meal into an occasion, as Matthew Dennison discovers

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

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Charles Owen is to stop UK production and Thermatex and Griffin NuuMed are understood to have shut down

The nights are fair drawing in so it’s over to James Roddie to shed some light on the situation

Experts consider what each of us can do to promote and improve welfare and ensure ethical treatment of horses