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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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David Beckham looks every inch the dashing country gent as he poses in his finest tweeds for an outdoor photoshoot. The football legend, appearing in the latest issue of Country Life magazine which he

The red carpet was rolled out yet again last week, to honour the nation’s real heroes at the Pride of Britain Awards. Taking place at London’s Marriott Grosvenor House in Mayfair, the awards ceremony

From his east London childhood to discovering the joys of beekeeping and gardening, our guest editor, former England football captain Sir David Beckham, tells Paula Minchin why the countryside matters so much to him and his family

While there may have been a glittering array of A-list celebrities at the Pride of Britain Awards last week, it was the magnificent ordinary folk and their extraordinary stories that shone the brighte