Our historian Keith looks back 58 years to the tale of an intrepid sea angler who targeted big sharks from the shore

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM THE WORLD OF FISHING

From landing hulking catfish on the Zambezi to talking tackle with Ted Hughes, COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent looks back on seven colourful decades

Before I realise what’s happening, the lid is off – and James Maclaine is pulling out a fistful of deep-sea anglerfish. I hadn’t been expecting him to plonk his bare hand inside the jar. I peer more c

With its majestic proportions and astonishing turn of speed–it can swim faster than a battleship–the bluefin tuna is poetry in motion

All told, this week has been a bit of a roller coaster of emotions