Calf love and birthing pains

‘How Putin must laugh at the “useful idiots”, who thought British agriculture no longer mattered’

I HAVE never given birth. Even in these fluid times, it’s unlikely I ever will; that would be a transaction too far. However, I have an inkling of what it must feel like when I finish writing a book, which I have just done. The dark February days between the end of the shooting season and the beginning