Clarkson Was Right: We Should Put Teenagers to Work on Farms

Working summer jobs on farms did me a world of good. Could a programme to put 18 year olds to work on farms make the country a better place and help to fix our food systems?

The Lost Art of the Walking Gun

Some love it; some hate it; but is the ‘back gun’ a symptom of a wider problem in game shooting?

Farming Glastonbury & Regen Cults: A Look Inside

Over the past few months I've found myself both purposefully or not in rooms surrounded by the 'regen' crowd.

Ducks, newts, and does everybody hate us?

I headed to Norfolk for a pond restoration course and left feeling pretty positive about the countryside

How the BBC shaped my path in farming journalism

The BBC can often be criticised for its coverage of farming issues, but as I mark ten years working in the media, I have the BBC to thank for instilling the values which have guided and shaped my entire farming media career.

After the Mayfly – Taking on the Challenge of “Educated Trout”

When June weedcut is done and peace returns to the chalkstreams the trout become fickle and the fishing is engrossing

Farming endures; communication must adapt

Despite technological leaps, British farming's timeless cycle endures, shaping our land and lives

Gunpoint Awakening for Grandmother in a Nightdress

A typical Sunday morning took a terrifying turn when gundog trainer Helen Cadman found herself facing armed police officers on her rural property

What are we to expect for our wildlife from this government?

Fieldsports, along with Israel and private schools, are red meat for the rabble of Labour backbenchers. As a public-school-educated trophy-hunter with a Jewish surname, I'm off to an internment camp.

From Vikings to Normans: Understanding the Rural-Urban Divide

Sometimes you need to look backwards to understand where you currently are. In this case, we need to look back more than a thousand years to see how behaviours then, affect perceptions now.

Fifteen days of hay - filling the barn with fodder

It may be the last bit of full-on work left on our farm - and it's an age-old battle between aged kit and the weather - but it's the best job in the world.

"Pigeons cost farmers £75m a year" In pursuit of the wood pigeon

On the trail of Britain's greatest and most delicious agricultural pest