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When I find hidden gems, I destroy them

Three people may keep a secret if two of them are dead, said Benjamin Franklin.

The sickening truth about travel writers is that they reveal secret locations in exchange for a free trip. It’s a Faustian pact and I must admit I bear some guilt in this respect.

I once wrote about self-rewilding Covehithe near Southwold, our fastest-eroding piece of coastline, painted by John Sell Cotman and England’s answer to the Namibian Skeleton Coast. The ghostly emptiness was its main

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