Shooting Times & Country

A brave new Italian job

Over the years, Shooting Times has been published by lots of different companies, large and small. In the 1990s, it was published by IPC, which was known colloquially as the Ministry of Magazines. Magazines, then, were big business, but in terms of heft, our current owner, Future PLC, is about as mighty as media companies come.

There are downsides to working for such a big business, but there are lots of good things about it, too. One of them is being able to carry out reader research. The average number of dogs you lot have is 1.5, many of you prefer walked-up days to driven

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