H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen shares a somewhat predictable remedy for all of your Christmas woes

The history of the aristocracy is intertwined with the fascinating history of hunting, Eleanor Doughty discovered while researching her most recent book

The Pytchley with Woodland hounds are in fine form, with big fields out during the festive season

Alastair Jackson , in the latest of his series about great foxhunters, remembers Richard Sumner – a master for 28 seasons and as great a hound man as he was a horseman

The Taunton Vale field enjoy a good day in their prime country, with hounds hunting well

Love them or loathe them, hunt balls are an integral part of most packs’ social scene – and fundraising efforts, says Tessa Waugh