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  • The Field

    Enjoying the natural world

    Mar 11, 2021 2 minutes
    All reviews this month by Ettie Neil-Gallacher

    Chalk and Cheese

    Charles Hamer was the marketing director for Pol Roger, a racing enthusiast, successful interior designer and owner of a luxury fabric company. However, his engaging memoirs are about none of these – they concern flyfishing on a chalkstream in Normandy.

    They begin amusingly and affectingly with a dedication to his ‘three girls’, his wife and daughters,

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