The Field (magazine)

For other uses, see The Field (disambiguation).
The Field
EditorAlexandra Henton
CategoriesField sports
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation28,294 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013)[1]
Print and digital editions.
First issue1853; 171 years ago (1853)
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

  • 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

Notes

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