From Shakespeare to treasured stalking trophies and scientific study, antlers in all their aspects never fail to impress and inspire, says Charles Harris

Felipe Fernández-Armesto longs to dine offaly well

SARAH DITUM

Hannah Betts prefers parading pelts to donning dun uniforms

Fred de Fossard

From a milliner inspired by topiary to a model-turned-ecological gardener and a couple who swapped jobs in telecommunications for growing vegetables, Sir David Beckham’s rural heroes tell Julie Harding why craft and the countryside are key