The Field (magazine)
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| Editor | Alexandra Henton |
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| Categories | Field sports |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 28,294 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013)[1] Print and digital editions. |
| First issue | 1853 |
| Company | Future plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | thefield |
The Field is a British monthly magazine about country matters and field sports. It was started as a weekly magazine in 1853,[2] and has remained in print since then; Robert Smith Surtees was among the founders.[3] In the nineteenth century, it was known as Field: The Country Gentleman's Newspaper.[4]: 55 The magazine is one of the earliest hobby magazines.[2] It is published by Future plc.[5][6]
Editors of The Field
[edit]- 1853–1857: Mark Lemon
- 1857–1888: John Henry Walsh[4]: 55
- 1888–1899: Frederick Toms
- 1900–1910: William Senior
- 1910–1928: Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
- 1931–1937: Eric Parker
- 1938–1946: Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
- 1947–1950: Leonard V. Dodds
- 1951–1977: Wilson Stephens
- 1977–1984: Derek Bingham
- 1984–1987: Simon Courtauld
- 1987–1991: Julie Spencer
- 1991–2020: Jonathan Young
- 2020–present: Alexandra Henton
Hunting and racing editors
[edit]- 1928–1936: William Fawcett[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "ABC Certificates and Reports: The Field". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ a b Conboy, Martin (2005). "The print industry – yesterday, today, tomorrow". In Richard Keeble (ed.). Print Journalism. A Critical Introduction. London; New York: Routledge. p. 11. doi:10.4324/9780203006764. ISBN 9780203006764.
- ^ Harvey, A. D. (January 2003). "One hundred and fifty years of The Field magazine". History Today. 53 (1).
- ^ a b Worboys, Michael, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton (2018). The Invention of the Modern Dog: Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421426594.
- ^ "Buy The Field magazine subscription from MagazinesDirect". www.magazinesdirect.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "The Field | Countryside issues, hunting, fishing, gun dogs & gun reviews". The Field. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Fawcett, William", in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1).