The Field

Making your park

MY frothy and relevant column for 1 November covering our Brave New post-Brexit World has hit the buffers. I haven’t the foggiest idea what is going to happen. It all looks like a blind man trying to herd frogs into a bucket. Instead, I will provide you with some welcome distraction concerning a particularly odd September day that included opening a park, planting a tree and giving a speech

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