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

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

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 age of noblesse oblige may have passed, but the aristocracy continues to play an important role in shaping and preserving life in the countryside, says Eleanor Doughty

In the latest of his series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson reflects on Brian Gupwell, who got The King hooked on hunting