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Real life

The badlands of rural Surrey

21 March 2020

9:00 AM

21 March 2020

9:00 AM

The most exciting place on earth I have ever been to is the village where I live.

And I don’t think I’m boasting to say that I’ve been to a lot of exciting places: Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza strip, Egypt, Korea, Crossmaglen, the Somerset Levels at high tide… My favourite dateline is ‘By Melissa Kite in Helmand’.

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