The Field (magazine)

For other uses, see The Field (disambiguation).

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]

The Field

Editor	Alexandra Henton
Categories	Field sports
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	28,294 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013)[1] Print and digital editions.
First issue	1853; 171 years ago (1853)
Company	TI Media
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	thefield.co.uk

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

• 1928–1936: William Fawcett^[7]

Notes

1. "ABC Certificates and Reports: The Field". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
2. 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. 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).