The experts
THE ULTIMATE SHOOTING QUIZ TEAM
BILL HARRIMAN
BASC’s head of firearms and global authority on guns
MAT MANNING
Airgunner and journalist from the West Country
DIGGORY HADOKE
Vintage gun expert, firearms dealer, author and journalist
BRUCE POTTS
Shooting Times rifle reviewer and stalker
MIKE SWAN
Conservation expert and head of education for the GWCT
DAVID TOMLINSON
Highly regarded writer and ornithologist
LIAM BELL
Shropshire gamekeeper, keen wildfowler and amateur naturalist
GRAHAM DOWNING
Shooting consultant and sporting author
TONY BUCKWELL
Veterinary surgeon with a special interest in gundogs
TOM PAYNE
Professional shooting instructor and avid pigeon shooter
ELLENA SWIFT
Award-winning gundog trainer and canine behaviour specialist
TIM MADDAMS
Former head chef at River Cottage and runs a shoot in Devon
SIMON WHITEHEAD
Author, professional ferreter and rabbit controller
IAIN WATSON
Keen stalker and senior CIC international trophy judge
CHRIS DALTON
Professional stalker and regular presenter on The Shooting Show
MARK RIPLEY
Well-known fox controller and long-range shooting expert
ART AND THE ARTIST
Richard Ansdell
PAINTING SIGNS FOR A CIRCUS MAY not be a conventional route to becoming an acclaimed artist, but it certainly didn’t do Richard Ansdell any harm. Born in Liverpool in 1815, Richard was educated at a school for orphans as his father — a ship’s pulley operator — died when he was young. On leaving school, Richard trained in art under WC Smith, a portraitist in Chatham, Kent. Then he travelled to the Netherlands, where he painted those circus signs.
Back to Liverpool in 1836, he became a student at its eponymous academy — he was to
