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Hosted in the horse box - Kate and Claire travel the countryside chatting to inspiring people about wildlife, farming and field sports - while you relax at home! Fed up with celebrity culture? Join us as we listen to the hidden stories behind the banjo-playing farrier and the recently retired racecourse executive, who ran two of Englands premier racecourses. So here we go ...... load the lorry, rev the engine and enjoy the ride! Contact us on fromthehorsebox@gmail.com we would love any feedb ...
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Gu Hua-芙蓉镇

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"Furong Town" is a novel written by Guhua in 1981, the author of his more than two decades familiar with the southern countryside people and things, including, condensed into the book, the political wind and clouds in the customs and people's feelings of the picture, by the fate of the characters to play the changes in township life, and strive to write the southern countryside life color and life mood. [ The novel won the first Mao Dun Literary Award in 1982. In 1986, "Furong Town" was adap ...
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Second in the series of novels set in the fictional cathedral town of Barchester, the reader is treated to a hilarious, if unseemly, competition for domination of the diocese! The contenders in Barchester Towers are Mrs. Proudie the wife of the mild, sadly henpecked bishop and Mr. Slope his slimy and devious chaplain. When the beloved former bishop suddenly dies, a complete outsider is brought in to take his place. Instead of the bishop's son, Archdeacon Grantly, whom the entire parish was e ...
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Send us a Text Message. Happy New Year to you all and we hope you will enjoy listening to our first ever recording back in February 2021. Jay's stories of hounds, hunt balls and pony club games give a picture of rural life that we all love. We look forward to bringing you more interviews in 2024! Please follow our Facebook / Instagram pages @fromth…
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