A bedrock of venery

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

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

For those who prefer not to follow the crowd, we reveal some of the best, but relatively undiscovered places to enjoy in the country’s chicest region

While performance on the hunting field is everything, the summer prizes on the flags are also hotly contested. Andrew Sallis gets some expert insight

ANTHONY ADOLPH is a professional genealogist and the author of 11 books PAUL BLAKE is the author of Tracing Your Insolvent Ancestors KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset JAYNE SHRIMPTO