12 JANUARY 2002, page 55

New Balfour Declaration

Simon Barnes PERHAPS one day some historian of academic bent will write a history of South Africa without mentioning sport. If so, the work will be trivial. futile and......

Q. More And More Women Are Taking Up Shooting. I

always use a shooting stick, and have done so for years. When I am at my peg and a fellow male gun comes along for a gossip, I stay perched on my stick. If a female gun comes......

Q. My Wife And I Have Recently Been Staying With

some dear friends in North Yorkshire. The house is, unquestionably, the most comfortable we ever stay in and our hosts produce only the finest food and wine. The other guests......

Q. I Have Noticed An Alarming Trend Creeping In During

the shooting season. I recently asked some friends for a day's sport and was somewhat taken aback when not one but two of them announced during the morning that they would have......