As winter relinquishes its grip, Tessa Waugh enjoys a copybook meet, with convivial chat, springy turf and good sport – while the real hunting aficionados demonstrate their teleporting skills

With 36 years in hunt service behind him, Robert McCarthy is one of the country’s most senior and most respected huntsmen. He talks to Tessa Waugh about Crufts, the current situation and life in Northumberland

H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen ponders the lasting impressions that influential hunting people can make on us

The relentlessly positive spirit of the VWH hounds and their huntsman is infectious during a good day’s sport

The Sennybridge Farmers are celebrating their 75th anniversary this season. Stephen Robbins tells us something of the history and glorious country of this Welsh pack

As winter trudges on, Tessa Waugh taps into self-improvement, and finds that trail-hunting ticks all the boxes for fitness, youthful beauty and mental health without stepping anywhere near a salon