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

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

DOM GARNETT – ONE MAN DETERMINED TO KEEP ...

The Editor chats to Charles Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe about his family’s deep connections to game-fishing

Remember that our sport should be all about enjoyment

Known for their fishery at Caerphilly Castle, the forward-thinking Caerphilly & District AA club offer much more to members