After its establishment in 1874, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News became one of several "sister" publications to The Illustrated London News (ILN). Known as Sport and Country from 1943, and Farm and Country from 1957 until the release of its last issue in 1970, this magazine concentrated on sports, hunting, and agriculture. Though it developed a particularly strong focus on farming, it also printed articles on theatre, literature, and music, with contributions from some of the country's most prominent writers and artists.