Be more RSPB: how your shoot can earn millions
With shoots doing all the heavy-lifting in UK conservation, why do so few of them grab the free money available to conservation projects? Here is a guide to what you can get.
Charlie Jacoby
I run Fieldsports Channel and have been a countryside writer and broadcaster for more than 30 years.
Why the BBC should appoint a hunting editor
More people take part in shooting sports than golf, rugby or even cancer. Here is why I should get the job.
How to beat the lead ammo ban in Parliament
To defeat the government’s new lead ammunition ban will need luck, a fire-breathing MP and you won’t be popular with every shooter. From the mouths of a politician and a cartridge supplier, here’s what you need to know.
How a two-headed antelope makes the government look stupid
We have a roller-coaster couple of years ahead of us with the government’s plans to ban aspects of hunting. Shorten your stirrups, sharpen your skinning knives – it’s going to be exciting.
Parrots of power 🦜
From Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, to the Holy Roman Emperor in the 13th century, to British pirates of the 18th century, one bird family has travelled through space and time as world power politics made manifest.
Animal rights’ sex problem
A member of the Goldsmith family once told me that, in their opinion, the reason Zac and Ben got into animal rights was because it got them laid. Why does the wildlife business attract the oversexed and even the criminally perverted?
Why banning hunting is like banning snogging
A new book argues that people can’t be taught not to do what’s hardwired into them. Hunting Ethics: A Personal Journey is Nick Fox’s life’s work on the subject. Charlie interviews Nick.
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The big biodiversity con
A heist is taking place under our eyes, and nobody has called for police back-up. The government and the conservation industry are on a seven-year mission to steal the countryside.
Gun tax, gun grab or both?
On 15 January 2025, the government announced that gun certificate fees would more than double. It is the latest chapter in a four-year sorry story of civil service stupidity and non-existent political leadership.
Government spends three times its farm tax raid on buying land
Rachel Reeves says she will raise £130 million a year through tax on the forced sale of family farms. Strangely, in its latest report, the government announces it spent £380 million in a single year on… buying farms.
The Fall Of Packham – the fallout
After a book like this, it could be hard for reporter Rhian Lubin, photographer Andy Commins or Chris himself to find work with big media companies – and not because these people have lied or deceived.
Horns of a dilemma
The battle lines are drawn. The antis are gearing up to launch another offensive against hunting. Their big push? home decoration.