Country Notes
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
Funny old game
What would Big Jack have made of today’s shoots?
Deer prudence
Raise a glass of exquisite Tokaji
Forbidden fruit
Why do so many refuse to shoot woodcock?
Ferreting baht’at
There are few rabbits to be found on Ilkley Moor
Playing the game
The grey areas of the law: trying to lead a life on the right side of The Poaching Act
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
