You couldn’t pick a better time to get into traditional archery. There’s a wide variety of good, affordable gear. Plus, there are great online resources for new shooters (more on that in a moment).

There are many forms that meditation can take in nature. Devotees of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, practice a slow saunter through the woods while soaking in its energy. Lovers of labyrinths lose ...

OUT in the open, where the air smells of grass and earth and every shot counts, a bow is only as good as the string that drives it. It may look like a simple cord, stretched taut between two limbs, ...

All a quiver: Anna Maxted, her mother Mary and seven-year-old son Caspar learn the art of archery Credit: Photo: Jeff Gilbert "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen,” sang my mother. It’s ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Robin Hood, the forest-dwelling vigilante and nemesis of the Sheriff of Nottingham, has received yet another boost to ...

Just as I line up my borrowed bow's sight on target it occurs to me that Colin Ketley, my coach for the day, might be a mind reader. Talking me through the beginner basics of getting an arrow to go ...

How do you teach a starlet to wield a bow and arrow like a pro? Bring in Khatuna Lorig, a five-time Olympian and archery phenom. Senior Editor, Obsessed Khatuna Lorig has a cornucopia of ...

Whenever you go to an orchestra concert, you’re hearing and watching a wonderful mix of our current, modern world and the old world. Even though there are modern-made instruments in the string section ...