The Rake

Letter from the Editor

hey say the grass is always greener on the other side. In my case the maxim is literally true, as I was brought up in asphalt- and petrol-scented London, which means I first got my hands dirty when I changed my firstborn’s nappy. Every time I pluck up the courage to leave the security blanket of the M25 (for our majority readership not based in the U.K., the M25 is a circular highway generally considered to

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