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The Field
EditorAlexandra Henton
CategoriesField sports
FrequencyMonthly Magazine
Circulation28,294 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013)[1]
Print and digital editions.
First issue1853
CompanyTI Media
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitethefield.co.uk

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 TI Media, subsidiary of Future plc.[5][6]

Editors of The Field

Hunting and racing editors

Notes

  1. ^ "ABC Certificates and Reports: The Field". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b Martin Conboy (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.
  3. ^ A. D. Harvey (January 2003). "One hundred and fifty years of The Field magazine". History Today. 53 (1).
  4. ^ a b Michael Worboys, 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.
  5. ^ "Buy The Field magazine subscription from MagazinesDirect". www.magazinesdirect.com. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  6. ^ "The Field | Countryside issues, hunting, fishing, gun dogs & gun reviews". The Field. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  7. ^ 'Fawcett, William', in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)