Hiding in plain sight: Labour’s £20m plan to clobber gun-owners

It's election week. Here's what the future may hold...

The Case for Game Shots to Take an Exam

With further regulation likely on the horizon, would a proactive approach to mandatory exams for game shooters help our cause?

What Duty do we owe to our Community?

Beyond the Hedge (the Scribehound podcast) has set a hare running for me. I have struggled with the idea of what I owe a rural community, and how best to define a rural community.

Kill a Salmon, Close a River: Norway's Pain Must be a Lesson

The Norwegian Government has shut down salmon fishing on some of the country’s most storied rivers. Should it serve as a warning to us all?

Preserving Family Farms: Countering the Threat Posed by Starmer

Labour's threatened scrapping of agricultural property relief will encourage short-termism and harm the rural economy

Talkin' 'bout regeneration - What is regenerative farming?

We’ve probably all heard the term ‘regenerative farming’ but what does it actually mean, how do you farm regeneratively, and what does it achieve?

The Hunt for a Cape Buffalo: A 50th Birthday to remember.

Sometimes in your life you have many different emotions all in one day - This is a tale of a day in which many different but unique memorable experiences happened in 12 hours.

Home. Finally.

Turn on the telly and there's a politician telling me how hard it is to become a homeowner. Don't I know it! I'm a 42-year-old first time buyer and I'll be paying off a one-bed flat until I'm 75. But I wouldn't have it any other way.

Changing the Game: Taking Salmon Farming Out of the Sea

An introduction to the exciting development of land based aquaculture against the backdrop of disease issues and other terrible news stories regarding open net salmon farming at sea.

Government subsidies or environmental posturing? The truth about SFI

DEFRA’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, intended as a green initiative, threatens food production by reducing arable land use. Critics argue it jeopardizes food security and economic stability. A candidate for Reform UK writes.

Rural Revolt: The Countryside Can Fight Back

The countryside appears as little more than a plaything to our main political Parties. Politically things have turned and with significant changes ahead all those who care about the countryside must now respond. How might the countryside be saved?

The Art of the Bodge: Rural Problem-solving at its Finest

Living and working in the countryside often requires a creative approach to problem-solving, best demonstrated by the improvised solutions we come up with. They may not be pretty, or even terribly safe, but they get the job done