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| Editor | Alexandra Henton |
|---|---|
| Categories | Field sports |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 28,294 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013)[1] Print and digital editions. |
| First issue | 1853 |
| Company | TI Media |
| 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, and has remained in print since then; Robert Smith Surtees was among the founders.[2] In he nineteenth century it was known as Field: The Country Gentleman's Newspaper.[3]:55 It is published by TI Media, subsidiary of Future plc.
Editors of The Field
- 1853–1857 Mark Lemon
- 1857–1888 John Henry Walsh[3]: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
- 1928–1936 William Fawcett[4]
Notes
- ^ "ABC Certificates and Reports: The Field". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ A. D. Harvey (January 2003). "One hundred and fifty years of The Field magazine". History Today. 53 (1). Accessed December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 'Fawcett, William', in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)