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We’ve made a list (and checked it twice) of independent brick-and-mortar shops well worth a visit this holiday season

From a milliner inspired by topiary to a model-turned-ecological gardener and a couple who swapped jobs in telecommunications for growing vegetables, Sir David Beckham’s rural heroes tell Julie Harding why craft and the countryside are key

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