Lower Drink-Drive Limits Will Kill Village Life
The government's push for tighter drink-drive limits won't just crush rural pubs, but other key institutions of rural Britain
Guy Adams
I write features for a national daily newspaper. I shoot badly, fish untidily, and spend more time than strictly necessary shouting at my Jack Russell.
The crazy economics of illegal fly-tipping
How lazy regulators, a broken justice system and punitive taxes are bringing "the new narcotics" to a field near you soon
The rules of the game
Our failure to eat the birds we kill represents an existential threat to the future of shooting. Here’s how to stop the rot.
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Reform: friend or foe?
The countryside is coming round to Nigel Farage and bookies reckon he's going to win power. But what would he actually do with it?
Poultry Panic: DEFRA's bird flu lockdown is endangering Rare Breeds
Over-zealous officials recently decided to ban chicken shows in a bid to curb avian influenza. Critics say they're making a terrible mistake. And shooting could be next in the firing line. Here's why...
Country stores are dying - and it matters more than you think
Use them, or lose them... because you'll miss them when they're gone
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Rare-bit: why Britain's bunnies are disappearing
A "Chinese Virus" is rampant, and no-one knows how to stop it
How rural quango-crats are "working" from a sun-lounger
Meet the people in charge of Britain's countryside who get to do their day-job from overseas...
Gone to the dogs! The grubby politics of the Welsh greyhound ban...
...and why horse racing could be next
Revealed: how DEFRA wants to turn anglers into “bathers”
Government by quango has turned its latest green wheeze into a dog's dinner that will "inflict serious damage on protected rivers"
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Just this once, Chris Packham is right
I am afraid to say that shooting’s most high-profile critic makes a very decent point about woodcock
Has the NFU lost the plot?
Farming's "wishy washy" trade union has copped a tonne of criticism over its response to the budget. It needs to stop the rot, and fast.