Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey

Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey

As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and mead…

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