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40th Anniversary Speech

On this, the 40th anniversary of Cotswold Life, it is worth remembering that it is less than 50 years ago that Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie was published. The book that recounted the innocent joy of growing up in Slad also highlighted the grinding poverty of the Cotswolds. Laurie Lee said he was describing the end of a ‘a semi-feudal life’.

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Cotswold 40th Anniversary Overview

On this, the 40th anniversary of Cotswold Life, it is worth remembering that it is less than 50 years ago that Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie was published. The book that recounted the innocent joy of growing up in Slad also highlighted the grinding poverty of the Cotswolds. Laurie Lee said he was describing the end of a ‘a semi-feudal life’.

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The little gentleman in black velvet

He might look cute and cuddly, but Mr Mole is a serious pest. Adam Edwards meets the man who hunts them down – Ian Dando, accountant turned modern mole catcher
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Big is beautiful

With 12 bedrooms and only one bathroom, restoring Barrington House was always going to be a labour of love, says Victoria Jenkins.
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The finest vegetable of them all

Katie Jarvis meets the deeply patriotic asparagus grower who is as baffled as we are by green beans from Kenya and marrows from Spain
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