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BACK in 2020, the pandemic lockdowns changed lives, sometimes in ways people never would have imagined. For Mark Wakeling, the forced closure of his London acting school created an opportunity for him

When it came to matchmaking, our beagles took the lead

SARAH DITUM

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

I WAS lonely. Papa was a preacher and we lived and travelled in a painted wooden wagon, pulled by Jessie, a large and docile shire horse. We had few possessions; there was no room for what Papa called