Q: It’s a real joy to be able to buy a large selection of salami on the market, but I find I am given different advice on the best way…
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Country style for ladies in the city
Country style has never been more ‘now’ with heritage-style boots, accessories, fabrics and trims – be they leather or feather – very much on trend. The Field has compiled a…
Lives well lived
Why We Garden by Claire Masset My immediate reaction to the title was to respond “but I don’t”. However, this is true only insofar as I outsource it because others…
How to plan an Easter egg hunt that is family friendly (and labrador-proof)
The origins of the Easter egg hunt What we think of as the Easter ‘bunny’ is thought to have its roots in 17th-century German folklore: children would leave nests in…
Safari Jackets Are Attire Fit For Adventure
There are wardrobe staples and sartorial icons. The safari jacket sits above all: a garment colossus that is hugely evocative, ultimately practical and still the stuff of high fashion. In…
Kit to covet for springtime
From comfortable leather boots to elegant cashmere coats these are certainly pieces of kit to covet for springtime. KIT TO COVET FOR SPRINGTIME BINOCULAR BAG THE CAMBRIDGE SATCHEL CO Made…
Books to open windows on the world
The Lighted Window by Peter Davidson The subtitle of this meditative, lyrical, affecting work is ‘Evening Walks Remembered’, and there is indeed a rambling quality to it – in the…
Eostre and Easter. What are the origins of this Spring festival?
Usually we think of delighted children scampering around searching for brightly-coloured eggs and symbolic rabbits hopping with baskets. (Read our advice on organising an Easter egg hunt here.) However though…
Half a dozen of the most tempting Easter eggs
End Lent in style with The Field's pick of the most tempting Easter eggs to get your hands on
How to keep muntjac out of the garden
A reader wrote to Country Queries with this question. We seem to have a ‘rat run’ strip of woodland near our garden that muntjac pass through regularly. I am not…