Miss Julia White, horsewoman, sailor, farmer and haunter of my own farming life (such as it isn’t) first appeared in my life when I was 17, trying to get myself to agricultural college. Or was it when

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There is something undeniably enchanting about this 16th-century farmhouse in Dorset, especially during the festive period. The open fire in the sitting room roars, the soft glow of candlelight fills

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Who do you live with and where? I live in North London with my partner, Måns, who is a filmmaker, and our three-year-old daughter. Whenever we have the time, we escape to a little cabin on the west co

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