• April leader

    IT'S April and spring should be here, but by my reckoning it's a good month behind.

  • March opinion

    THE weather the last few weeks has made it hard to believe it's spring.

  • February opinion

    SPRING is coming, the days are stretching and it's not pitch dark when we leave the office at 5pm!

  • January leader
  • December opinion

    WOW, this year has flown by, think back and what's the first thing you think of in 2012?

  • November column

    WE'RE half-way through November and many horse owners will be battling against the weather and lack of daylight to manage their horses.

  • October leader

    IT'S only next week that the clocks are moved back an hour and the dark days of winter are well and truly here.

  • Koniks v British breeds

    Sir, – I would endorse everything said by Dougal Dick and Carolyn Pleass about their Shetlands.

  • The non konik question

    Sir, – We would like to concur with the views expressed by Jane Dawson, Dougal Dick and Carolyn Pleass (TSF, Sept 1, 2012 ) and emphasise that there is no greater improver of rough natural grazing, boggy or marginal land than the native breed of pony, especially the Highland pony.

  • December comment 2011

    THE countdown to the shortest day has began, by the time you read this there’s only four days until we’ve reached the winter solstice. The mid point of winter on December 22 marks the day where the days gradually get longer and the nights gradually become shorter.