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The Lake District author on the graft and beauty of a shepherd’s life — and why the future of farming should be inspired by its past
‘There is a kind of fellowship of the fields. We have a water-cooler equivalent in our roadside chats’
The bestselling author on why he’s going back to the past to equip his land for the future
A farmer’s very personal account of the changing rural landscape is a heartfelt elegy
Farmer and writer James Rebanks on home
Early snow and plummeting temperatures have brought challenges — and cold feet — but the shepherd and author wouldn’t miss it
Unesco adviser James Rebanks explains why he never flies without his copy of JA Baker’s ‘The Hill of Summer’
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