Country Life

A slice of Germany with a side of England

I ENDED up in Germany by chance. I have always had an interest in antiques and country houses and my poor father would wait outside with our two labradors as I rummaged around shops or country houses. After school, I was interested in pursuing a career in art, but my father, a trained artist, was rather sceptical and suggested I’d do something else for a while, so I joined the crew of the to see the world. During that time, I met one of my two

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