Tolerance - September 2010

Travelling to Westminster for the ‘day job’ almost every day of the ‘working week’ involves the utilisation of public transport. In a crowded metropolis with ageing infrastructure like London, this journey involves a high degree of tolerance, not only of the system, but of people.

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A New Name for a New Era

The Vale of Aylesbury with Garth and South Berks Hunt has been renamed the Kimblewick Hunt at a special general meeting of farmers and subscribers which also saw their four hunt clubs, two supporters’ clubs, fair committee and farmers’ club amalgamated into one new supporters’ club and a new constit...
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Blair Says He Undercut Fox-Hunting Ban

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said he deliberately sabotaged the ban on fox hunting his government introduced, calling it “one of the domestic legislative measures I most regret.” In his memoir “A Journey,” published by Random House today, Blair said he ensured that the 2004 Hunting Act was ...
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Birr Game and Country Fair Attracts 30,000

THE LARGEST gathering of Irish field sports enthusiasts since recent protests over hunting legislation was held in Birr, Co Offaly, at the weekend. An estimated 30,000 people attended the fourth annual Irish Game and Country Fair at Birr Castle where experts in shooting, fishing, equine and canine s...
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