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Food & Gardens 41 PAEAN OF PRAISE FOR THE PEAR The Hon Mirabel Helme
115 DOWN HONEYSUCKLE LANE Geoffrey Smith
122 TIME TO RETURN TO OUR ROOTS Lady Dashwood
Departments 4 LEADING ARTICLES
6 UNDER SCRUTINY Lord Barber of Tewkesbury et al
13 PROPERTY & HERITAGE Francis Fulford
39 TO SKI, WITH WOUNDED KNEE Rupert Lycett Green
43 VILLAGE CRICKET Sir Richard FitzHerbert Bt
127 REPORTS Hunting: Gundogs: Coursing: Fishing
162 THE CHANGING YEAR Proteus
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Politics 21 A COUNTRYMAN IN THE CABINET Lord McAlpine
82 NO CASE FOR A HUNTING BAN J Enoch Powell
86 ALL IN A SCALE OF SUFFERING Nicholas Ridley
Farming 48 OUR FOOD, OUR RISK Professor Sir Colin Spedding
52 THE PLAGUE YEAR James M Rebanks
60 HEFTED TO THEM HILLS Edward Hart
29 IDLE TALES OF MEN AT WORK David Verney
Wildlife 44 TO THE ICE BEAR’S KINGDOM Lord Dulverton
78 RED SQUIRREL ATTACK Francis Fulford
80 LIFE AND DEATH IN THE WILD Wilson Stephens
Hunting 35 PUPPY SHOW FOR A PRINCESS The Hon Bobbie Corbett
37 BOOTS, ANOTHER ANGLE Barry Todhunter
88 TIME AS THE ESSENCE Captain R E Wallace MFH
94 ADVICE FROM THE FIELD Captain Ian Farquhar MFH
98 GONE AWAY UP NORTH Robin Lane Fox
102 BITCH PACK OR DOGS? Martin Scott
Rod & Gun 23 CALL OF THE WILD The Duke of Westminster
25 BLACK GROUSE QUANDARY Lord Home of the Hirsel
27 GROUSE v HARRIER: AN ANSWER Keith Erlandson
66 LASTING POWER OF SPORTING GUNS Christopher Austyn
68 QUEST FOR SPRING SALMON William B Currie
74 WILD AND WARY: HILL-STREAM TROUT Jon Beer
Racing 31 THE YEAR’S BEST RACE MEETING Captain Tim Forster
33 PRO AND CON THE 100-HORSE TRAINER John Hislop
106 GELDINGS’ PLACE IN RACING Ian Balding
110 STEEPLECHASE HEROES Peter Scudamore