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Country Life

‘I have a profound sense of being at home in the countryside’

HERE are many reasons why I was delighted to be asked to guest edit this week’s COUNTRY LIFE. The most selfish being that celebrating the magazine’s 125th birthday makes me, at 75, feel positively young… Much more importantly, I have cherished this opportunity to highlight some of the people, communities and charities whom I have had the privilege to encounter and who do such a great deal for

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