The moment of truth
We need to be honest about the reality of the kill
In a poet’s footsteps
A trip to Ted Hughes’s “loneliest place”
Trying to get everyone to agree is a wild goose chase
On the lonely worship and solemn rituals of the wildfowler
Monarchs of the fen
Stalking muntjac and fallow deer in Lincolnshire
Ducking for cover
Tweed breeks, secret shoots and searching for lapwings
Passion by the barrel
Meeting the new boss of London’s finest gunmaker
The poacher’s gun
A time when countrymen had to steal or starve
Another country
The tales that show how rural life has changed
The birds and the beef
Far from being an ecological enemy, cattle-grazing encourages natural diversity and helps in the battle to save some of our most endangered species
Funny old game
What would Big Jack have made of today’s shoots?
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
