foxes
This Traveller funeral was the most emotional send-off I’ve ever been to
Bev died, aged 61. She was the wife of ‘Foxy’ John, kennel huntsman of our local hunt. Bev was the…
Revealed: the true and unrepeatable secret of Leicester City’s success
A few years ago a motivational speaker brought out a smart little book called Legacy: What The All Blacks Can…
Charles Foster: ‘I need to be more of a badger’
Being a Beast is an impassioned and proselytising work of philosophy based on a spectacular approach to nature writing. That…
Who needs a chicken labelled ‘cook before eating’?
I was saying the other week that my new hearing aids had come with a warning not to swallow their…
What are we going to do about urban foxes?
Forget about the countryside. When is the government going to do something about the vulpine creatures wreaking havoc in central…
Let’s set the cops on barbaric fox-hunters
Among those deeply disappointed with the Conservative party’s victory on 7 May was Britain’s diverse and vibrant community of wild…
Ten years after the ban, why are there still hunt saboteurs?
Ten years after the ban, why are there still hunt saboteurs?
The Tooting poisoner and the relentless rise of the urban fox
In my London neighbourhood, an argument about urban foxes is turning very nasty indeed
Our first kills of spring
The arrival of spring is not an unmitigated joy. The warmth is nice, of course, as are the fresh leaves…
It's sheer madness for Cameron to resurrect the hunting issue
My house in south Northamptonshire looks out over parkland on which Henry VIII used to hunt deer with Anne Boleyn.…
Penelope Lively’s diary: My old-age MOT
My surgery has been calling in all those over 75 for a special session with their doctor — a sort…
A dying estate agent helped me see the light
A dying estate agent helped me to see the light
Good news from Alexander Chancellor’s menagerie
There is at last good news to report on the poultry front. In the past, when I have mentioned my…
