Hunting
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
More than just a dog
Patrick Galbraith fears for the health of an old friend
For the love of guga
An attempt to ban guga hunting is metropolitan colonialism
We must protect freedom for its own sake
Defend the countryside not merely out of tradition, but for liberty
Hitting the trail
What does the government have against rural life?
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