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With a career spanning decades, Jose has contributed significantly to promoting sustainable and ethical food practices, making him a respected figure in the culinary world. Jose was born to Spanish parents, has worked as a chef for many years at the House of Commons and now is Senior Chef Lecturer in Culinary Art at London’s internationally renowned Westminster Capital City college. He is the author of two books, Venison and Feathers in The Game Larder series. 

🚜📚 FOR ANYONE WHO’S EVER NODDED KNOWINGLY AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON... 📚🚜   Ever stood in a field pretending you know what that bit of old machinery does? Or nodded along when someone talks about "marl pits" or "set-aside" like it’s perfectly normal?   Then Jill Mason’s Everything You Wanted to Know About the Countryside (But Didn't Dare Ask) is for YOU.It’s like having a wise old country neighbour explain everything – but without judging your lack of knowledge (or laughing when you called a heifer “him”).   ✔️ Farming? Covered.✔️ Field sports? Yep.✔️ Odd countryside sayings...

A dear friend and author who we had the pleasure to work with over many years on several of his books. He will be greatly missed.

Duff Hart-Davis, historian, countryman and much-loved journalist at The Sunday Telegraph – obituary

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/07/18/duff-hart-davis-historian-novelist-countryman-journalist/

Looking for a proper countryside read? Jill Mason’s Everything You Wanted to Know About the Countryside is a brilliant, down-to-earth guide for anyone who loves rural life, whether you're from a farming background or are just curious about it!

Some of us are shooters who fish; others, like respected countryside writer Laurence Catlow, find the deeper pull lies in water, not heather. Here, he reflects on why he is, quite simply, a fisher who shoots. His new book Testament of a Trout Fisher is out now.